“Melodia” Children's Choir (Russia) Morten Boerup Choir (Denmark ...

“Melodia” Children’s Choir (Russia)
Morten Boerup Choir (Denmark)
St. Michael Children’s Choir (U.S.)
For more information or to reserve tickets to this FREE concert, visit:
http://chnkfriendshipconcert.eventbrite.com/
Bring your blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy international music from the scenic
overlook of our front lawn in Covington.

Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky operates two campuses – one in
Covington’s Devou Park and the other on 50+ acres in Burlington. Both offer a serene,
safe environment for our young residents and allow us to house up to 60 boys at any
given time. Our therapeutic Residential Treatment Services are specifically tailored
for severely abused, neglected, and at-risk boys between the ages of 7 and 17.
The Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky also offers services designed to support
families in the community. Through intervention and case management assistance,
the Intensive In-Home Services Program aims to keep families together when there
are children at imminent risk of out-of-home placement.
Colonel Amos Shinkle was not born
into money. One of ten children
in a typical working class family,
Amos left home at the age of 18 to
become a riverboat cook on the Ohio
River. That experience led Amos to
become an entrepreneur... and one
of the wealthiest men in Northern
Kentucky during the 1800s. Amos
made his fortune through a variety
of avenues – coal, riverboats, real
estate, and banking, to name a few
– and similarly, he divided his wealth
among numerous philanthropic
endeavors in the Covington area. His
greatest legacy, however, is not the
suspension bridge he financed or the
churches he helped found, but the
establishment of the Covington
Protestant Children’s Home, now
known as Children’s Home of
Northern Kentucky. For over a
century, thousands of children in
need have received the care and
support and love they deserve
because of one man’s vision to build
a bridge to a better future for them.
Founded in 1882 by Colonel Amos Shinkle, the Children’s Home of Northern
Kentucky began as an orphanage in downtown Covington and housed dozens of
homeless and orphaned children. In 1926, the Children’s Home moved out of its
increasingly industrialized setting, and into its present location in Devou Park,
providing a more peaceful and homelike setting for the children.
Over time, the need for orphanages in the U.S. waned, and the Children’s Home
adjusted its services to meet the needs of area families. The residential treatment
program was developed in 1980, and today the Children’s Home offers a
comprehensive set of family services to benefit and strengthen its surrounding
communities. In all, the Children’s Home assists over 700 children and families annually.