Christopher Carswell is 24 years old and lives in Morriston, Florida. He was born with severe birth defects. Through the years, he’s overcome multiple brain surgeries, reconstructive arm surgeries, strokes, seizures, and repeated hospitalizations. His health issues were so severe that he physically died at nine and sixteen years old. His strokes left him legally blind with a very limited field of vision. Finally, he was diagnosed with Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Type 4 (which has no cure, and which could end his life without warning).
Despite all his challenges, he started doing community service when he was just six years old. He volunteered at his family’s horseback riding program for children with disabilities and inner-city children. He also volunteered at his family’s food bank.
These volunteering experiences led him to open his own non-profit foundation, 1Boy4Change, Inc., when he was just thirteen years old. He has been involved in multiple charity ventures, including providing “heat alarms” and “field trauma first-aid kits” for police K9 teams throughout the US, coffee for soldiers overseas, school supplies to inner city schools, wishes and family aid projects. He ran a program for adults and children with on-going medical challenges to tell their unique story through beads - the “Warrior Beads” program. It served thousands of people around the world. He has trained and continues to train service dogs for US Military Veterans. He runs a coat drive for a local elementary school. He supports other para-drivers to follow their dreams by getting horses and carriages donated.
If he believes in a cause, he champions it!
His volunteer service work is not limited to his foundation, either, as he has volunteered his time at the Senior Citizen Day Center, Hospice of the Golden Isles, and he participated in the UPHA Ribbons of Service program.
In short, he believes in a life of service to others. He has a very deep-seated faith in Christ that drives him to help others. He was asked about it once, his attitude… and he told me that he never knows what will happen with his health, so he doesn’t want to live with the regret of “not” doing something when he could have done “something!”
Despite all his challenges, he started doing community service when he was just six years old. He volunteered at his family’s horseback riding program for children with disabilities and inner-city children. He also volunteered at his family’s food bank.
These volunteering experiences led him to open his own non-profit foundation, 1Boy4Change, Inc., when he was just thirteen years old. He has been involved in multiple charity ventures, including providing “heat alarms” and “field trauma first-aid kits” for police K9 teams throughout the US, coffee for soldiers overseas, school supplies to inner city schools, wishes and family aid projects. He ran a program for adults and children with on-going medical challenges to tell their unique story through beads - the “Warrior Beads” program. It served thousands of people around the world. He has trained and continues to train service dogs for US Military Veterans. He runs a coat drive for a local elementary school. He supports other para-drivers to follow their dreams by getting horses and carriages donated.
If he believes in a cause, he champions it!
His volunteer service work is not limited to his foundation, either, as he has volunteered his time at the Senior Citizen Day Center, Hospice of the Golden Isles, and he participated in the UPHA Ribbons of Service program.
In short, he believes in a life of service to others. He has a very deep-seated faith in Christ that drives him to help others. He was asked about it once, his attitude… and he told me that he never knows what will happen with his health, so he doesn’t want to live with the regret of “not” doing something when he could have done “something!”