For 8-year-old Brendon Caley volunteering for a worthy cause is something that runs in the family.
The St Mary's pupil and his younger brother Thomas, 6, are the third generation of their family to get involved with St John Ambulance Rotorua.
Together the family have contributed more than 80 years of service to the cause, which is at the frontline of medical response and provides first aid training, event medical services alarms and a variety of community programmes.
The family's involvement began in 1969, when Bob McNab, Brendon and Thomas' grandfather, decided to join as a volunteer. Looking back at his decision, Mr McNab said he was scared into it by a friend.
"He made me scared that if I came across a road accident, I wouldn't know what to do, so I thought very well and did a first aid course and became a volunteer, just like that."