• News Release
• Date: January 6, 2009

• Contact: Jolene Weaver
• 717-581-4390

BV Participated in Walk to Bethlehem

Walk Totaled 11,067 Miles

Called the "Walk To Bethlehem" BV residents and team members joined in walking 11,067 miles as a team from October 6 through December 25.

The goal was to acquire enough miles extending from our campus located in the Lititz/Lancaster area to Bethlehem, Israel- a distance of 7,365 miles. This goal was reached and an extended destination of Luzhou, China was determined. Each participant documented the number of steps taken daily, reporting their steps every Friday through December.

Locations 'stops' along the trip included: Philadephia, PA; Cape May, NJ; Bermuda Islands (UK); Funchal, Madeira Is, Portugal; Casablanca, Morocco; Figuig, Morocco; Ouargla, Algeria; Nalut, Libya; Surt, Libya; Al Marj, Libya; Alexandria, Egypt; Cairo, Egypt; Jerusalem, Israel; Bethlehem, Israel, and Luzhou, China.

For more information on the walk, please contact Steve Brubaker, Director of Wellness, at 717-581-4252.

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