Multi-Generational Connections

Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons and every combination of family ties are present somewhere at an organization as large as Bryan Health. The prior generations have influenced the current ones working at and interacting with Bryan today. The current generations will, in turn, influence the ones to come.

Sara Price

One of Sara’s first Bryan memories is attending Bryan daycare, which used to be in the basement of the William Jennings Bryan house on the grounds of then-Bryan Memorial Hospital.

Sara and her sister were in Bryan daycare once her mom started working here in 1981 as an administrative assistant in Human Resources. That was the start of a life filled with Bryan touchpoints.

Four members of Sara’s family, including Sara, have worked at Bryan. Her dad eventually joined his wife at Bryan, working here for almost 25 years as a respiratory therapist. Sara’s sister worked with her in the kitchen for years and was later a respiratory therapist here.

Sara’s mom worked in benefits during one period of her career. Sara remembers volunteering for her mom, she and her sister stuffing envelopes and organizing them alphabetically. It was an early exposure for Sara to volunteering at Bryan. Sara’s mom ultimately worked for Bryan for 35 years.

In daycare, Sara also remembers walking around the Bryan Memorial Hospital campus. She and her peers would gather around the piano in the cafeteria to sing carols around the holidays. A few of her classmates from the time eventually worked at Bryan with Sara.

Sara started working part time in the hospital kitchen at 16. She worked with multiple kids in the kitchen whose parents worked somewhere in the hospital.

“It was great for a high school student because we were out of here by 8 most nights,” she said. “I could pick and choose when I wanted to work, so I did that all the way through college.”

After college, she spent 28 years in the kitchen in various roles. While doing patient meal service, she would pass out paper menus to patients and input their orders into a computer. Later, as a supervisor, she helped to open the Women’s and Children’s Tower kitchen and Bryan’s first coffee shop, Café Express.

In November 2022, she transitioned to Volunteers and Customer Care, where she works as a coordinator.

“It’s this full circle thing because I was a volunteer here as a kid,” she said.

As she looks forward to the future of Bryan, she sees a healthcare system well positioned to thrive.

“We are such a constant for the community,” she said.

Sara is proud of a life lived at Bryan. She has been with Bryan as it’s grown. She’s touched so many corners of Bryan Medical Center. Most important, she’s formed lifelong relationships with colleagues, volunteers and patients.