why become a community partner
Community Partners are extremely important to keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment because they provide a direct link with individual climbers. Community Partners are a network of gyms, stores, school programs, and guide services, and clubs that support the Access Fund. Most Community Partners focus on a local community.
Click Here to see all of our Community Partners.
Here are some ideas on how you can support the Access Fund as a Community Partner:
- Set up an Access Station that discusses access issues in your area.
- Put a "cookie jar" by the cash register for people to drop their change in to donate to the Access Fund.
- Have a trivia question of the day and offer discounts to customers who get the question right and then donate that discount amount to the Access Fund.
- Create AF Coupons and ask customers at check out if they would like to donate a dollar or two (or more) to the Access Fund.
- Stock up on Access Fund brochures.
- Host a membership drive as part of an event.
- Have a "suggested donation" to the Access Fund at the door of your event.
- And above all, talk about access issues and what climbers can do to climbing areas open and conserve the climbing environment!
If you're having an event and would like to do a membership drive or need some resource materials from the Access Fund fill out this online form.
Rock is finite. Help make access infinite. For more info contact Robb Shurr at 303-545-6772 x100, or by email at robb@accessfund.org.