Alexander Kovarovic
Alexander Kovarovic

I wanted to share the story of someone in my community who is seriously changing lives and is extremely inspirational to so people across the country. He truly shows what being a truly amazing person is all about. His name is Alex Kovarovic and he lives in Schenectady, NY. He used to live in Gloversville, NY and that's where I know him from. Alex and I have been pretty good friends for years. Alex was raised in a pretty abusive home, and grew up with major depression and anxiety and I know he developed a couple of eating disorders as well because of everything he was going through in his life. I know he struggled with depression a lot and he attempted suicide a couple of times last year. He talks about his story all of the time to help other teens so I know he doesn't mind people talking about it which is why I wanted to send you this email. Alex truly changed his life around to help other people and we are all so grateful for that. Back at the beginning of the year, he began getting better and he created social media accounts designed to help other teens through the struggles of life. In only a month he received literally thousands of followers on each account. Now a year later, he's a trained crisis and suicide prevention counselor and he's becoming a firefighter as well. He receives hundreds of messages weekly from teens across the world asking for his help and for advice and he talks to them all. He literally has ended up stopping many teen suicides and he's talked to hundreds of teens about stopping their self harming addictions. He started writing recently too and in only a month he's already written hundreds of self help blogs. Hes also an author for the National Eating Disorder Association and his work has been seen by dozens of thousands of people across the world. He even created a movement which was titled "one life". This is taken from Alex's website and explains it well: “I want every teenager to feel confident in their own skin, and I want every teen to be aware of suicide, depression, and self harm so teens know how to deal with it when and if it were to come up in their lives. I hope to make this movement into something huge in the future so we can raise money for depression awareness and suicide prevention. We only have "One Life", so we as teens need to live it the best we can, being nice to everyone we meet because we never know what challenges someone is facing on the inside of closed doors. I also plan on speaking to schools in the future to spread my message and my past to help inspire other teens to get help when they need it. A lot of schools don't talk about bullying and suicide so I want to be the person to talk about it because it's something that many teens need help with, but are toke cared to come forward to get help. I've received many messages from parents and teens thanking me for saving their child's life and I love doing it. I love helping people.”

Alex recently started an organization to help give back to homeless teens as well. He has teens from across the world mail him stories of hope, cute pictures, or funny pictures that they drew and he goes around and gives homeless people those things along with food or something. They love receiving drawings and letters because they feel great that someone took time to do that for them. The program has been a huge success as I've received hundreds of pictures and letters of hope from across the country.

Alex also recently wrote a book to inspire teens. He wants other teenagers to see what he’s gone through so they feel inspired to make a change in their lives. The book is titled “From One Teen To Another”. Alex is an extremely inspirational person and I know this book will help teens in similar positions as Alex was in.

Alex's biggest success so far is the creation of the One Life Organization. Alex started this organization to help prevent teen suicide and domestic violence across the country. That made him really happy, but he wanted to be able to help teens directly. That's when he started doing events for people in need. He literally plans full blown community events to raise money for people in need. He did one in July for domestic violence awareness. His last event was in upstate New York. He heard of a story of a teen girl who was involved in a serious car accident. Alex planned a huge event for the girl to raise money for her medical bills. He raised over $800 that day. He had over 70 vendors and so much going on at the event. It was all over local news. Here's a couple of the stories:

http://newyorkstatenews.weebly.com/top-news-stories/festival-held-for-broadalbin-perth-teenager

http://www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2017/10/festival-benefits-teen-with-tbi/

The story of him helping this teen girl is everywhere around upstate New York. The event was a huge success and had around 1,500 people come to it. He has I think about 15 events planned from now till next summer. He has all of these events planned to raise money for people in need. His next event is for a two year old that has cancer and another one for a local EMS station facing money troubles. He has events planned for New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and a couple other states. He does all the work by himself, puts all the events together by himself, and he receives no money for it either which is what's amazing. It's all volunteer work and he does it just to help people...people he doesn't even know and has never met. Alex has won three awards for everything he does. He won an inspirational people's award through a local organization, he won the Youth Service America everyday hero award and he won a Canadian Awesome Award. His organization is really taking off because of all the events he has planned for people in need.

He's changing lives and he honestly really deserves this award. You can talk to anyone around here and they'd tell you how amazing Alex is. You can even call the mayor's office. He was at the last event and was extremely impressed with the turnout. With everything going on in the world right now, it's amazing that there's someone out there changing lives and trying his best to change the world. I can't believe how many families he’s impacted and how many more events he has planned. It's so much work just to help people he doesn't know but Alex loves it.

I believe that young stars are not just singers and actors, I believe they are also the youth changing our world. There are not many teens that choose to change the world around, but alex is definitely one of them.

Here's a couple more local news article about Alex and his previous events:

http://newyorkstatenews.weebly.com/top-news-stories/schenectady-county-teen-plans-multiple-events-for-people-in-need

http://www.fultoncountyexpress.com/fall-fest-raises-funds-for-broadalbin-teen-injured-in-car-accident/

Here's his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alexanderkovarovic1/

You'll see more about all the people he helps there.

His organization page is here: www.facebook.com/onelifeorganization

He even has groups on social media full of teens that help one another through mental illnesses and other things. A couple of them have a few thousands members I believe. He does so much for the community and for teens across the country. He went from being in such a bad state to being the most inspirational person most of us know. Alex is also becoming a writer for social media celebrity, Graham Allen and his website where he will be writing rants for the website.

I’m not only Alex’s friend, but I’m a volunteer for Alex’s organization and I strongly believe he is one of the most inspirational teens out there. He does so much good for so many people and doesn’t get anything in return and that’s why he’s so amazing. I look forward to seeing all the events Alex plans for other people in need. He has like 15 planned as of now across I think four different states.

If given the chance, Alex would make a huge difference and impact on the youth of our country.

Alex's latest accomplishment is the start of the National Youth Internet Safety and Cyberbullying Task Force. Alex creates it to help teens and kids stay safe online while helping to eliminate online bullying and bullying in schools. The task force has already had huge success in the only two weeks it's been formed. It already has dozens of members, its first event next month, and has gotten over 3,500 likes on Facebook in only a week. Alex plans on speaking at schools as well with the task force to help spread its mission of keeping teens and our youth safe and responsible while online and on social media. I know Alex will be doing even more in the coming months. This letter only scratches the surface of all of the things he's done for others and for the community.

His organizations website is here: www.nationalyouthiscbtaskforce.org

You will find a lot more about what Alex does there!

Thank you!

Submitted by Anonymous


Caring
Pass It On®
Pass It On®

  email

Your Comments

Here are some other inspiring stories you might like.
CARING
TISH R My former wife is an amazing individual. She works as a behavior analyst, and has been helping injured others achieve a much greater quality of life. In one of my proudest specific memories, she facilitated a transition for a man who was in an ALF, brain-injured, from wearing diapers in a wheelchair to...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
HELPING OTHERS
SAWYER A. After learning about children and families in the poverty-stricken villages of Zambia; a country in south-central Africa, Sawyer Anderson wanted to help bring clean, safe water to the villagers. At age 9, Sawyer wrote and illustrated the book, Water Works, which is published in America, Vietnam (in Vietnamese)...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
CARING
BETTY DRUCK I want to tell you about my grandmother,she is in her late 50's,she has spent everyday of her life caring for everyone she meets.She has had multiple surgeries and other problems of her own and yet she has given everything for her family,she has spent every christmas with my dad,even when she was in other...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
COMPASSION
CHARLIE SCHULZ My son, Charlie, was an inspiration to many during his 19 years on this earth. When Charlie was in 5th grade, despite what we learned later was severe social anxiety, their strong sense of what was right led them to circulate petitions among their 5th grade schoolmates and write and present a statement (through...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
PEACE
DANA W Grieving (Fly High Dana Wilson Jr.) On March 7, 2022 my only little brother passed away at home in his bed. This has been one of the hardest things to deal with. I dont think a day goes by that i dont find myself breaking down crying. I think my eyes are puffy did alot of crying yesterday..omg this is really...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
COMPASSION
ALWAYS STRIVE TO SHOW AND GIVE COMPASSION. ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SHOWN NONE. My entire life, I had to work, and work hard to avoid being the brunt of rude and Difficult bullying. Even from home, even from my Own Mother. Even at 63, I'm still spurned by my blood Family. It's Sad to Hurt a Child so badly that they have a hard time forgetting the Same Family, and School bullying. Especially...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
LORI R. In 2012 Lori, along with her then high school age daughter Shira, began to keep their vehicle filled with pet supplies to hand out to the pets living on the streets of Riverside, CA with their homeless companions. They would give out pet food, leashes, collars and water so the pets would be fed well and kept...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
LOVE
AMARA OKEKE My hero is my late mother Since 2000, she fells sick. She was diabetic, all my life I have taken care of her , I abandoned my school, my Visa and career to taken care of her , after 19 years of my sufferings she died last two Saturdays..I was actually 6 years when I started cooking, doing house chores for my...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
BRAVERY
HARRIET TUBMAN Harriet Tubman freed 300 slaves she was so brave that is why she is my hero
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
STRENGTH
ANDRE D On May 2, 2014 Andre' MY HUSBAND at the age of 42 suffered a massive heart attack, he was without oxygen to his brain for several minutes. It caused an Anoxic Brain Injury and other problems such as cortical blindness, seizures and he is bedridden for the rest of his life and resides in a nursing home. The...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
BEING THERE
BK SAINI SAINI My husband helped me since he knew me since 1975. He is there for me every single day. He is so kind all the time. He took care of me during any need except not when he is at the job. He comes at home if any emergency arrives. For God’s grace he was never called till today. I still remember when our second baby...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
WISDOM
JAHSEH O There are many heros I look up to, but Jahseh Onfroy helped me through the darkest times in my life. His music did not only help me but it helped countless people. When he spoke to us, it was always about growing and becoming better than what we are. I have learned many valuable lessons from him, and I constantly...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
KINDNESS
MOTHER TERESA Mother Teresa was born in Albania and left her home country very early in life. She lived in Ireland to learn English, and ultimately went to India where she resided until her death. She was a beacon of hope for many. She did not look to caste, class, religion, skin color, or any other identity to separate...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
KINDNESS
WENDY T Wendy was my wife of 4 years. We dated in high school, over 30 years ago. Eight years ago, we reconnected, and fell in love all over again. I quickly became attuned to why she was so special: Her kindness. I had never met anyone before, who showed as much kindness to everybody, as Wendy had. It wasn't one...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
FAMILY
PAT C Next to his faith in God, the most important thing in my Dad’s life was his family; my Mom who was the love of his life, his kids, grandkids, great grandkids, brothers, and sisters. One of the ways he made life better for all of us and left his fingerprint on our lives was through the use of what I like to call...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
MENTORING
MISTY WELLS 5 Years ago Misty saw a need in children in Foster Care and she took action. For the past 5 years going strong Misty started a non profit called " A Reel Future" where she takes children in Group Foster Care fishing. She has single handed taken over 3,000 foster children fishing. She is showing them...
SUBMITTED BY ANONYMOUS
Read Story
Where did your values come from?

We've all had people in our lives who have made a positive impact on us. A parent or grandparent, a sibling who was there for us, or maybe even just a guy who shines shoes for a living? Whoever they are, tell us their story so they can inspire us even more.

Tell Us Your Story All Everyday Hero Stories