08/11/2026
Today is Founder's Day at OneQuest Health, the birthday of Amos Shinkle, who founded our organization in 1880.
Shinkle built a successful coal and steamboat business here in Covington and even helped fund the Roebling Suspension Bridge. But what he's remembered for with us started with something smaller: on his travels along the Ohio River, he saw children without parents, and he used his own money to buy a lot on Madison Avenue and start an orphanage.
That single act of care grew, through decades and name changes, into the organization families lean on today.
One of those families recently shared this with us:
"Before we came to OneQuest, Billy* struggled to take accountability, much less communicate what he was feeling. Now he is much more open, willing to ask for help, and share what he feels went wrong in an interaction that caused him to react the way he did."
That's the work our therapists, clinicians, and associates do every day, for every family who walks through our doors.
Today, on Founder's Day, we're launching Quest Companions, our new monthly giving program. Reimbursement and insurance cover the basics of care, but not the whole picture. Your gift helps us raise the $600,000 needed to close that gap, funding round-the-clock residential care, in-home services, school-based support, and outpatient care that meets families wherever they are.
Join us as a Quest Companion before midnight tonight (link in the first comment.) and help us spread the word by sharing!
