Joey Gaines

Seeds We’ve Sown: Done-In-A-Day is Back

Done-In-A-Day is a former Junior League of Omaha project that is being reborn this year. The goal of this new project is to get in touch with organizations that JLO has worked with in its storied history, exposing members to these organizations, and getting project shifts done in a day! This mission is two-fold. First, it reconnects JLO with partners from the League’s past to celebrate the League’s contributions to the Omaha community as JLO approaches its 100th Anniversary in 2019. Second, it allows members to interact and learn more about these great organizations while performing community service. This year, Done-In-A-Day has scheduled project shifts with the Visiting Nurses Association, Rainbow House with Children’s Hospital, the Omaha Symphony, Fontenelle Forest, the Rose Theater, and more.

Done-In-A-Day Chair Joey Gaines is the member responsible for bringing this great project back to the League. As a first year active, I am blown away by Joey’s dedication to JLO, initiative to rejuvenate a past project, and sheer excitement about the whole thing. I decided the best way to introduce this great project was to speak to the project’s fearless leader herself. Continue reading “Connecting the Community – Done-In-A-Day is Back” →

Congratulations to Joey for being named 2014 TOYO (Ten Outstanding Young Omahans) Recipient.

Tell us about your family?

I have been married to my high school sweetheart, Adam, for 17 years. We have 5 kids: Jack 15, Lucy 14, Vivien 11, Jay 10, Eddie 9. We are a foster family and three of our kids were adopted from the foster system.

Pets:

Of course I have pets J We have Tex, a dog I brought home from an ultrasound training class in Texas, Tinkerbell, a Chihuahua a client begged me to take, and Scarlett, a cat we were given to take care of when she was 3 days old.

Hometown:

I grew up in Omaha until the beginning of high school, when we moved to Salina, Kansas.

College: Kansas State for both undergrad and veterinary school

Sorority: Delta Delta Delta

Job/Business: Owner and veterinarian at Ridgeview Animal Hospital, owner at Walnut Creek Veterinary Clinic

Why did you join the Junior League?

I joined the Junior League of Omaha to learn more about agencies serving the Omaha community and to become an active volunteer.

What was your favorite placement and why?

I have loved both of my committees! I became very involved in A Book of My Own as a new member and continued on that committee for two active years. I love the busy work and the impact it has on individual lives in our community. Now on Done-In-A-Day, it is great to get out in the community and do work! I feel I have been placed right where I belong all of my years in the League so far.

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