A Camden County teen who continues to suffer from multiple medical hardships has dedicated his life to helping others and local law enforcement through his own foundation.
Chris Carswell is 19 years old and has been fighting for his life since the day he was born.
“In the middle of third grade I was eating lunch and suffered a stroke,”Carswell said. "I also suffered a series of grand mal seizures and after that was diagnosed with epilepsy.”
In spite of all the health challenges he continues to persevere and move pass the tough times and help those in need.
Carswell has also undergone four brain surgeries, but in midst of it all he somehow has found a way to give back.
“I've always had a love for law enforcement, the K-9 has always had a special place for me,” he said.
At the age of 13, Carswell started his own non-profit foundation, 1 Boy 4 Change. as a means to help others and support his local law enforcement.
He has raised thousands of dollars to purchase and install more than 50 heat alarms for K-9 officers across the nation. Three of them are currently being used by the Camden County Sheriffs Office.
“The heat alarms donated by Chris has saved three dogs on 7 different occasions,” Sergeant Rob Avedisian said.
Once a K-9 vehicle reaches a certain temperature, the windows automatically come down, a fan turns on and the cars theft alarms sounds off, to notify the officer.
“Every single one of our dogs has its own heat alarms and now because of his foundation has its own medical kit too. Think of it like EMS bag for humans well this is a EMS kit for dogs,” Avedisian said.
Chris acts of kindness is all testament to his foundations’ mission.
“I want to see the world better,” Carswell said.
“Its unbelievable that he would even do this and we actually should be doing this for him but instead he always giving for us,” Avedisian said.
To donate to Chris’ foundation visit http://www.1boy4change.org