Theresa Dreiling, RN
Director
A Hays native and thirty-year nurse who started as Big Creek's first nurse in the church basement.
Our people
Meet our team
The nurses, aides, cooks and drivers who run the day, and know every member by name.
Our team
The masthead
Paula Schmidt, LPN
Nurse
Paula runs the noon med pass and keeps the blood-pressure log with a librarian's precision.
Anthony Ruder
Program coordinator
A retired band director who runs polka hour and the pinochle tournament.
Rosa Herrera
Lead aide
Rosa has helped members with walking and personal care for twelve years, in English and Spanish.
Doris Pfannenstiel
Cook
Doris learned bierocks from the founding cook and has not changed a thing.
Gary Wasinger
Driver
Gary farmed south of town for forty years and knows every county road by heart.
Sample family reviews
Letters to the editor
Dad played pinochle every Saturday night for sixty years. When Mom died, the games stopped. At Big Creek he plays every afternoon, and he's still a terrible partner.
We farm thirty miles out. Gary drives that van down our road in the snow like it's nothing.
Theresa noticed my wife was eating less and called me. It was a tooth. Small thing, but she noticed.
The Tuesday students are the best part of Mom's week. She calls them her grandkids and asks about their exams.
I teach at the university. I could not do my job without Big Creek. Neither could half my colleagues.
Doris's knoephla soup tastes exactly like my grandmother's. My father cried the first time he had it.
My mother has Alzheimer's. In the quilting room she remembers every stitch. It's the place she still feels like herself.
The coffee's on at nine-thirty.
Bring your mother or your dad for a free day, noon dinner and the van included. Call or text Theresa to pick a date.