Community

The crew is the point.

A great gym changes the neighborhood around it. It gives kids somewhere to grow and adults somewhere to belong. Dirtbag is built to be that for Dorado.

• Send SquadAges 8–18
  A free and subsidized youth climbing team: after-school coaching three times a week, competition travel, academic incentives and mentorship from adult members. The goal is 30 kids in year one and more than 200 by year four.
• Climbing for everyoneAccess
  Scholarship memberships for families on PAN/SNAP, 20 percent off for veterans and first responders, senior discounts and quiet morning sessions, an adaptive climbing program, and a Pay-It-Forward wall where any member can donate a day pass.
• Puerto Rican to the coreIdentity
  Walls painted by Puerto Rican muralists. A café that buys from island farms and coffee cooperatives. Spanish-first signage. Monthly nights of live music, artisan markets, film and poetry.
• Schools & first jobsEducation
  Field trips for PE classes, teacher workshops on climbing and social-emotional learning, physics and biomechanics events, and paid high school internships in the gym and the café.