Gretchen Voigt-Salazar, RN
Founder and director
A home health nurse for twenty years who brought her grandmother's three o'clock coffee to Comal Street.
Our people
Our staff at both clubs
Nurses, aides, cooks, drivers and a social worker who know every member by name, at both clubs.
Our team
The people pouring the coffee
Sam Ochoa, RN
Director of nursing
Sam oversees the nurses at both clubs and every care plan.
Hannah Lehmann, LVN
Nurse, New Braunfels
Hannah runs the noon medicines and leads chair exercise.
Yolanda Briseño, LVN
Nurse, San Marcos
Yolanda opened the San Marcos club and knows every member's family.
Marisol Treviño, LMSW
Social worker
Marisol helps families with waivers, VA benefits and planning ahead.
Klaus Brandt
Activities director
A retired band director who runs polka hour, Skat and the German conversation table.
Elena Cavazos
Activities, San Marcos
Elena runs conjunto Fridays and the painting table.
Ingrid Hoffmann
Head cook and baker
Ingrid bakes the Kaffeeklatsch cake every day but Wednesday, when the members take over.
Tasha Wells
Lead aide
Tasha has helped members with walking and personal care since 2011.
Rudy Garza
Transportation lead
Rudy runs the vans for both clubs and knows every back road between them.
Pastor Ellen Kroll
Chaplain
A Lutheran pastor who visits members and families and leads Thursday hymns.
Sample family reviews
Over coffee, families tell us
My mother's whole life stopped at three for coffee. At Comal Street it still does. She's herself at that table.
Dad plays Skat with three men he went to school with in 1952. They still argue about the same hand.
We moved Mom from New Braunfels to my house in San Marcos and she just switched clubs. Same nurses, same coffee.
Hannah noticed Mom's ankles swelling and called her doctor. They changed a pill that afternoon.
Abuela speaks Spanish, Opa spoke German, and they both had friends at Comal Street.
Wednesday cake is made by the members. Mom's Bienenstich was the most popular week of the year.
Marisol got our waiver approved in a month.
I can teach a full day without worrying. That's what this place gave me.
Oktoberfest at the club was better than Wurstfest. Don't tell anyone.
My husband has Alzheimer's and the quiet room is the only place he naps in the afternoon. Then he's up for coffee.
When Dad passed, Pastor Ellen came to the house and the club sent a cake. Of course they did.
Three o'clock. There's a chair for you.
Come for Kaffeeklatsch, or bring your parent for a free day at either club, lunch and the van included.