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Quiet Hours — 24-Hour Peer Sanctuary

A staffed, low-stimulation refuge with trained peer listeners, water, and soft places to land.

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Giving opens soon.

Giving from a donor-advised fund or foundation? Our 501(c)(3) partner will be named before giving opens, and the exact grant wording will appear here.

How DAF giving works

The Open Gift Standard

  • Open to anyone who walks up — Anyone can walk in at any hour; a listener meets you at the door.
  • Findable: 9:00 & Plaza · always open
  • Marked with the standard placard on the playa
  • Separate from camp-only space — The sanctuary tent is separate from the camp's living quarters, with its own entrance.
  • Verified annually with photo evidence

The story

The city is loud in every direction, and sometimes what someone needs is a dim tent, a cup of electrolytes, and a person trained to listen. Quiet Hours runs around the clock with two trained peer supporters on every shift. We are not medical and we are not therapy — we are the calm room, and we know when and how to walk someone to the professionals. This year's budget rebuilds our acoustic partitions, restocks supplies, and funds the training weekend for twenty new volunteers.

Dust, weather & logistics

Volunteer burnout is the real risk in a 24-hour operation, so shifts are short and doubled. Our escalation protocol was written with input from professional crisis counselors, and every volunteer completes the training weekend before taking a shift.

The budget — every line public

1 · Acoustic partitions & blackout structure — $2,100

vendor: Hushworks · public benefit 100%

2 · Electrolytes, water & comfort supplies — $900

vendor: Basin Provisions · public benefit 100%

3 · Peer-listener training weekend (20 volunteers) — $1,500

vendor: Steady Ground Training · public benefit 100%

Updates

Training weekend scheduled

September 15, 2026

Twenty new listeners confirmed for the spring training weekend. Acoustic partition prototypes are up in the shop.

Milestones

  1. Approved and listed September 8, 2026
  2. Building coming
  3. Delivered on the playa coming
  4. Verified with photos coming

Presented by

The Decompression Society

Portland, OR · 8 years on playa

Peer listeners holding quiet space around the clock.

Donations are made to our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.