Alexander's Acts of Kindness — Kindness Changes Lives

Carrying Alex's kindness forward

Kindness changes lives.

We support children facing life-threatening illness and the families beside them, and we fund cancer treatment, research, and the next generation of caregivers.

Give in Alexander's name Meet Alex
Alex smiling in his graduation cap and gown, holding his diploma
“Alex wants to do good in the world. Period.”
— Alex's family

Meet Alex

Alex is kind. Not now and then, not when it's convenient. It's simply who he is, as a child and as a young man.

He goes to school to learn how to help people, and then he does exactly that, working in radiology at St. Peter's Hospital.

Away from work, he's all in on sports: the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Yankees, and any chance to get out on a golf course. He's an avid musician and a soft touch for every animal he meets. Most of all, he adores time with his family and friends.

Alexander's Acts of Kindness carries that spirit forward. We stand with children and families facing serious illness, support treatment and research, and help a young person from Averill Park start down the same road Alex chose: a life spent helping others.

Alex with his arms spread wide at the rim of the Grand Canyon Alex lying on the rug at home, cuddling a gray cat Alex standing beside a bronze moose statue on a sunny lawn

Where your kindness goes

Every gift goes to four commitments.

Families in crisis

Practical help when a child is seriously ill: travel to treatment, meals, bills that can't wait.

Cancer treatment

Support that helps patients get and stay in the care they need.

Research

Funding research and development toward better treatments and cures.

The Alexander Scholarship

$500 each year for an Averill Park High School graduate headed into medicine.

Averill Park High School

The Alexander's Acts of Kindness Scholarship

Each year we award $500 to a graduating Averill Park High School senior pursuing a path in medicine, the same calling Alex followed.

Eligibility and how to apply
  • Graduating senior at Averill Park High School
  • Planning to study medicine or a health-care field
  • [How to apply — e.g. through the guidance office]
  • [Application deadline]

$500

awarded every spring

The kindness wall

Do something kind. Tell us about it.

Bought a stranger's coffee? Shoveled a neighbor's walk? Share it here or tag #AlexandersAOK, and we'll add it to the wall.

We read each post before it appears.

Your kindness at work

Each year we'll report here, in plain numbers, what your gifts made possible.

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families helped

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given to treatment and research

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scholarships awarded

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acts of kindness shared

Ways to help

Give monthly

Monthly gifts let us plan help for families before they have to ask.

Give in honor or memory

Mark a birthday, a milestone, or someone you miss. We'll send a card to the person you name.

Host a fundraiser

A birthday fundraiser, a bake sale, a team challenge. Email us and we'll help you set it up.

Double it at work

Many employers match charitable gifts. Ask yours, or tell us and we'll help.