Winter 2023 Volunteer Interest Form
Applications will close Feb 5th, 2024. Please answer questions thoroughly. If it is determined to be a good fit, we will get back to you with the date and location of our seasonal volunteer orientation/training. Please read on below for more information about our available volunteer roles. 

*** Most needed - Pink Van Project Outreach Volunteer:

We are currently doing outreach three times a month in East Portland: 

  • Second Friday 3PM-7:30PM (open hours 4-6)- with Saints Love in Lents Park 
  • 2nd to Last Saturday 3PM-7PM (open hours 4-6)- 82nd Outreach 
  • Last Saturday location and time TBD

Each outreach shift requires a minimum of three volunteers: the van driver, and heat sensi 1 and 2 (the two folks responsible for picking up/dropping off inventory from our warehouse).

Shifts are around four hours long, including transporting items, setting up outreach, and breaking down.


Van Driver Role Requirements: 

  • Valid driver’s license and active personal insurance
  • Must register/ pass driver’s check with fiscal sponsors YWCA 
  • Attend monthly meetings when possible 
  • Down to drive a large pink Ford Econo liner van (automatic) with no reverse camera 
  • This person sometimes gets ice, beverages, or other items


Heat Sensi Role Requirements: 

  • Pick up items from warehouse OR return items to warehouse
  • It is helpful to have a vehicle, but we also have a large collapsible wagon that can be take on public transportation
  • Some assistance via UBER or LYFT for BIPOC or Trans SWER Volunteers who do not have access to a vehicle (traveling from warehouse to the outreach site) is available 
  • Attend monthly meetings when possible 


About the Pink Van Project: 

While our core population is sex workers, we never turn anyone away for harm reduction supplies and basic needs. Volunteers should be comfortable having conversations and connection to houseless people, people who use drugs, and people who have experienced trauma. We’re not case managers or therapists, our goal is to provide consistent, non judgmental, outreach services. You should be cool helping an older houseless woman pick out a bra, kicking it on a curb with someone who is  charging their phone, and shaking someone’s hand while you give them a meth pipe.

If this feels overwhelming or triggering for you that’s valid, but this may not be the right fit for you. Our approach to outreach is about building real trust over time, which means sometimes we have really slow days and sometimes it’s really busy. It’s important that folks who do outreach with us understand that showing up for 3 people is just as much part of the work as showing up for 30 people- and we’re there either way. 

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Social Media Support Volunteer: 


  • Making announcements as needed for outreach days
  • Designing posts/ flyers for outreach
  • Post graphics updates as needed
  • This person needs to have an understanding of PDXSWRP brand and kinds of content we post, frameworks around sex work and liberation work (this position takes  a lot of trust)
  • We’re not looking for someone to overhaul or redesign the “brand”, it’s more upkeep and announcements
  • Must attend monthly meetings 
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Name *
Pronouns *
Are you interested in/available for Social Media Support? *
Are you available for at least one outreach shift a month? (please see description for more details) *
Please select all outreach shifts for which you are available. *
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Due to the nature of our outreach work, outreach volunteers must be 18+. Without disclosing your age, can you meet this requirement? *
Scenario: You and 2 other volunteers are doing outreach when a woman walks up to the tent/table/van. Her hands are visibly covered in wounds, and she is experiencing non-reality based stimuli. She begins to grab large amounts of items and put them in her bag. She begins lifting the lids and reaching into supplies that will need to be thrown away if contaminated.

You attempt to engage her in a conversation about her needs but she doesn’t seem to hear you or be grounded in the same reality you are experiencing. 

She begins to dump her purse on the ground and pour hand sanitizer on top of it, creating a huge mess. 

How would you partner with your fellow volunteers to support this woman and handle the situation? 
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Why are you interested in volunteering with us?
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Do you have lived experience in the Sex Industry doing in person work of any kind? 
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