A role model at any age

They say age is just a number, and this applies to volunteering too! No matter your age, you can make a difference. Our youth particularly have incredible abilities to undertake important responsibilities and leadership roles. Isaac, a volunteer in our Youth Program proves this with every volunteer shift he does!

Isaac, now 11, has been a part of our youth program in the Richmond division since September 2016, joining when he was around eight years old! Since joining, he has proven himself to be a role model for all volunteers to come. No matter what event or service he volunteers at, he jumps in to assist with every area, even if it’s outside of his own program responsibilities. Each year, the youth program allows Isaac to take part in important first aid and emergency response training. He goes on leadership camp trips, field trips, first aid competitions, all as a way to encourage community participation and to empower him and his fellow volunteers to grow into community leaders.

For this year, Isaac has attended those community trips as well as help in numerous events held by St. John Ambulance’s provincial team on his own time. Most recently, he represented the Youth Program independently at an AED unveiling event in Vancouver. At this event he helped take questions from the public, supported donations for not just the youth program but all of our charitable programs, helped spread awareness and sell our safety products and classes and even trained numerous members of the public in the lifesaving skills of CPR and AED use. Whenever Isaac volunteers, he proves himself to be an eager, attentive and knowledgeable team player who shows true initiative.