Pocket Change for Positive Change

Sometimes it can be hard to know how we, as individuals, can really make a difference in our communities. But your pennies are powerful! By electing to "round up" your electric bill to the next highest dollar every month, you can make a meaningful impact. Your pennies, combined with those from your neighbors, have generated more than one million dollars in funds for local agencies in La Plata and Archuleta counties. 

LPEA’s inaugural Round Up board was formed in 1996, and by 1997, the foundation had issued its first grant - $1,000 to the Manna Soup Kitchen. Since then the foundation has endured as a win-win enterprise. Individually, the contributions may be very small, but, as indicated in the donation list below, those pennies add up.

If you are a member and would like to participate to “Round Up” your bill, please use the form at the bottom of this page, or call (970) 247-5786.

 

Community Assistance

  • Community Emergency Assistance Coalition (CEAC) $22,482
  • CEAC Reserve $1,183
  • Pagosa Springs Outreach Connection $7,856

Total Community Assistance $31,521

Community Service Programs:

  • All Forward Adventures $2,000

  • Bayfield High School After Prom $1,000

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of SW Colorado $2,100

  • Center of Southwest Studies @ FLC $5,000

  • Community Connections $3,000

  • Curtains Up Pagosa $1,600

  • Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center $1,690

  • Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering $1,000

  • Durango PlayFest $1,000

  • Four Corners Rainbow Youth Center $2,250

  • Friends of the Ignacio Community Library $2,000

  • Ignacio Senior Center $1,500

  • Loaves & Fishes of Archuleta County $2,000

  • Pagosa Housing Partners $500

  • Pagosa Springs Historical Museum $1,057

  • Professional Women's Network of Durango $1,400

  • Project Merry Christmas $3,000

  • Sexual Assault Services Organization (SASO) $2,500

  • Southwest Civic Winds $1,000

  • Spring Creek Horse Rescue $500

  • Stillwater Music $609

  • TARA Historical Society at Navajo Lake Fire $1,000

  • The Arc of Southwest Colorado $2,000

  • The Clothing Closet $1,408

  • The Community Treehouse $3,000

  • Thrive Living Wage Coalition $3,000

  • Treasure Ministry $2,400

  • Upper San Juan Search & Rescue $2,187

  • Vallecito Community Center $2,000

  • Veterans for Veterans of Archuleta County $1,600

  • Weaselskin 4H Club $1,000

Total Community Service Programs $56,301

Total Round Up Donations $89,643

Community Assistance

  • Community Emergency Assistance Coalition $22,186

  • Housing Solutions of the Southwest $1,168

  • Pagosa Springs Outreach Coalition $7,754

Total Community Assistance $31,108

Community Service Programs:

  • Aid for Pets $500

  • Animas High School $1,500

  • Aspire Medical Services $3,000

  • CEAC Special Payment Fire Relief $5,000

  • DAV Chapter 48 $4,000

  • Destination Imagination/Arch County School District $2,000

  • Durango Arts Center $1,000

  • Durango Community After Prom $1,500

  • Durango Elks Lodge $1,500

  • Durango Nordic Ski Club $1,500

  • Dust2 $2,000

  • FCCLA $750

  • FLC El Centro $800

  • FLC Modern Languages Dept $1,030

  • FLC Police Parking Services $2,000

  • Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 8 Foundation $3,000

  • Great Old Broads $1,500

  • iAM Music $1,500

  • The Herb Hut $1,000

  • Justice Ministries $2,310

  • LASSO $1,500

  • The Liberty School $2,000

  • Merely Players $2,000

  • Pagosa Bible Church $1,000

  • Pagosa High School Skills USA Cab $1,000

  • Pine Tree Youth Circle  $1,000

  • Rise Above Violence $1,995

  • Cloud Busters $1,000

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Youth $2,000

  • SW Rural Philanthropy Day $2,000

  • Thingamajig Theatre $1,500

  • Third Avenue Arts $1,000

  • Trails 2000 $2,500

  • Trio Student Success Center $1,000

  • Veterans Memorial Park $4,500

Total Community Service Programs $63,385

Total Round Up Donations: $94,493

Community Assistance

  • Community Emergency Assistance Coalition $ 21,540

  • CEAC Reserve - Housing Solutions of the Southwest $ 1,134

  • Pagosa Springs Outreach Coalition $7,528

Total Community Assistance $30,201

Community Service Programs:

  • Animas High School Interact Club $1,750

  • Archuleta County Special Olympics $1,000

  • Bayfield After Prom $1,000

  • Bayfield Lions Club $3,000

  • Bayfield Music Program  $1,500

  • Be Fit Be Able $1,000

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters $1,500

  • Cancer Coalition of SWCO $1,000

  • CASA of the Southwest $2,000

  • Chimney Rock Interpretive Association $1,500

  • Colorado Outdoor Learning School $1,200

  • Community Foundation Serving SWCO $1,000

  • Cross Bar X Youth Ranch $1,200

  • Destination Imagination of SW CO $2,000

  • Durango Food Bank $3,260

  • Durango Nature Studies $2,000

  • ELHI Association $2,500

  • Four Corners DHMCA, Inc. $400

  • Four Corners Rainbow Youth Center $4,500

  • Friends of the Library (Pagosa)  $3,000

  • The Garden Project $1,500

  • KSUT $3,000

  • La Plata Youth Services $3,000

  • Our Savior Lutheran School $1,500

  • People Improving Communities Kids $500

  • Pine River Shares $2,000

  • San Juan Historical Society $1,000

  • Seeds of Learning $1,500

  • Sexual Assault Response Team $4,600

  • Silver Spruce Academy $1,500

  • Southwest Center for Independence $3,000

  • Tiospaye $1,500

  • Title VI Parent Advisory Committee $1,000

  • VFW - Durango $500

  • Women's Resource Center $1,000

Total Community Service Programs $63,410

Total Round Up Donations $93,611

Community Assistance

  • Community Emergency Assistance Coalition $ 21,215

  • Housing Solutions of the Southwest $1,117

  • Pagosa Springs Outreach Coalition $6,090

Total Community Assistance $28,422

Community Service Programs:

  • Aid for Pets $300

  • The Arc of Southwest Colorado $1,000

  • Bear Smart Durango| $1,350

  • BeFitBeAble $2,000

  • Celebrating Healthy Communities Coalition $1,000

  • Chimney Rock Interpretive Association $1,500

  • Community Foundation SWCO Adobe Building $2,000

  • Destination Imagination  $1,000

  • DHS Theater Troupe $2,000

  • Durango Area Youth Hockey Association $3,700

  • Durango Botanical Gardens $1,000

  • Durango Community After Prom Association $1,500

  • Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering $1,000

  • Durango Education Center $1,800

  • Durango Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #8 (Shop with a Cop $3,000

  • Friends of the San Juan $1,500

  • Gold Star Parents Weekend $2,200

  • Great Old Broads for Wilderness $1,000

  • Immaculate Heart of Mary/Pope John Paul II Catholic Church $1,000

  • Kiwanis Kids Fun Safety Day  $500

  • La Plata Family Centers Coalition $2,000

  • La Plata Youth Services $1,000

  • Manna Soup Kitchen $2,000

  • Merely Players $1,000

  • Native American Education Program $1,000

  • Pagosa Crisis Pregnancy Center (THRIVE) $3,000

  • Project Merry Christmas 4,000

  • Ross Aragon Community Center Parks and Rec Dept $3,200

  • Sexual Assault Services Organization $2,500

  • Southwest Civic Winds $1,000

  • State of the Skate $2,500

  • Trails 2000 $1,500

  • Treasure Ministries $2,500

  • Upper San Juan Search and Rescue, Inc. $1,530

  • Vallecito Conservation and Sporting Association $1,930

Total Community Service Programs $62,080

Total Round Up Donations $90,502

Community Assistance

  • Community Emergency Assistance Coalition $22,225

  • Housing Solutions of the Southwest $1064

  • Pagosa Springs Outreach Coalition $4,800

Total Community Assistance $26,090

Community Service Programs:

  • Adult Day Care @ Our Place $1,000

  • American Legion Post 108 $2,400

  • Blueprints of Hope $3,525

  • Community Emergency Relief Fund $4,000

  • Durango Railroad Historical Society $1,000

  • Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary $2,500

  • Health Coalition of SW Colorado $2,000

  • Hesperus Baptist Camp $3,000

  • HTB Softball $1,000

  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church $5,000

  • La Plata County Mounted Patrol $1,637

  • La Plata Open Space Conservancy $3,500

  • Manna Soup Kitchen $4,000

  • Pope John Paul II Food Pantry $3,000

  • Riverhouse Children's Center $2,500

  • San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership $1,600

  • Seeds of Learning $3,000

  • Senior Engineering Design Team @ FLC $1,000

  • TARA Historical Society $3,000

  • Thingamajig Theatre $1,000

  • TRIO Talent Search @ FLC $2,808

  • Vallecito Nordic Club $1,500

  • Veterans Homestead Project $1,900

Total Community Service Programs $55,871

Total Round Up Donations $81,961

Round Up Participation Form