Volunteer Application

 
You must complete questions marked with an asterisk (*) in order to submit this form.

First Name:   Last Name:   Middle Initial:

Mailing Address:   City:  

State:  Zip Code:

Date of Birth (MM/DD/YY): / /

Home Phone: ( ) -    Email Address:

Employer:   Work Telephone: ( ) -  

May we contact you at work? Yes    No

Race: (please check all that apply)
Caucasian    African American    Asian    Polynesian or Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
American Indian or Alaskan Native    Other:


Ethnicity:

Religion:    Other:




REFERENCES: List three references not related to you who could verify the skills needed to volunteer
for the Rape Recovery Center. Note: The completion of this section is required for processing.


Name:   Address:

Home Tel: ( ) -   Work Tel: ( ) -

Name:   Address:

Home Tel: ( ) -   Work Tel: ( ) -

Name:   Address:

Home Tel: ( ) -   Work Tel: ( ) -



Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense (traffic violations excluded?) If so, please explain.

Yes    No






Have you ever worked or volunteered at a Rape Crisis Center?

Yes    No    If so, where?

May we contact them? Yes    No




Please list and briefly describe past and present experience with volunteer/service activities.






Are you willing to commit to a min. of 20 hours per month to the Rape Recovery Center?

Yes    No




Would you be able to provide services in any other language? Yes    No

If so, what language?




How did you hear about the Rape Recovery Center?






Why are you interested in volunteering for the Rape Recovery Center?






PLEASE READ the following and explain how you would
react to the callers in the hypothetical situations below.


A rape victim wanting an abortion:




A rape victim who happens to be male or gay:




A rape victim with a reportedly “promiscuous background”:




A sex offender:




A victim who refuses to go to the police even though the
offender is a known rapist and will probably rape again:




An obscene phone caller wanting to masturbate to your voice:




A caller who wants to ventilate feelings about rape and
makes the statement, “women only get raped if they ask for it.”:





* I understand that the Rape Recovery Center has an obligation to protect its clients and volunteers, and I therefore give the Rape Recovery Center my permission to verify information regarding my background as they deem appropriate. I certify that the information given in this application is accurate to the best of my knowledge and understand that any misrepresentation of information may disqualify me from being a crisis worker at the Rape Recovery Center.

* By submitting this form via email, you certify that the above information is correct.