Round Up at the Register is a program we offer at Moonflower Community Co-op to help our community programs raise the funds needed to achieve their goals. For a two-week period, once each quarter, we offer the opportunity for owners and customers to “round up” their purchases to the next whole dollar, to benefit a local non-profit project.
What is expected of a Round Up partner organization?
First you will need to complete an application online (see below) or ask for a paper copy from our office. If selected, we will ask you to write a short article describing your project, which we will publish in our newsletter to promote your organization’s Round Up, and to create a short list of important talking points that the Moonflower team can use at the register to promote donations. We also encourage engagement from recipients through tabling events at the co-op during busy business hours to increase awareness and participation of the Round Up campaign.
What if your organization is not a non-profit?
You can still participate in Round Up at the Register; however, you would need to be sponsored by a non-profit.
Read on to learn more about past Round Up recipients and how this fundraiser is helping these organizations make a difference in our community. Imagine what Round Up at the Register could do for your organization!
How to apply:
*Please note: Since we only host Round Up campaigns 4 times per year, we have an ever-growing waitlist of organizations for our Round Up program currently extending into 2027.*
Please click here to fill out the application form online, or download and print the form here. Or, pick up a paper copy from the co-op. Applications will be evaluated on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, please contact [email protected].
Past Round Up recipients:
This quarter’s Round Up campaign for the Grand County Food Bank raised $1,431.18! Moonflower rounded up with a donation of $68.82 to make it an even $1,500!
The Grand County Food Bank assists those in need to become self-sufficient or to avoid greater levels of dependency through innovative, comprehensive services, and collaborative efforts.
This quarter’s Round Up campaign for Mindfulness in Education raised $1,562.31! Moonflower rounded up with a donation to make it an even $1,600!
This money will go directly to compensating Mindfulness in Education instructors, who have been offering mindfulness and yoga training at Grand County High School and HMK Elementary School for 10 years.
Their mission is to strengthen youth’s learning capacity, mental wellbeing, empathy, and ability to thrive and contribute by teaching mindfulness skills to students, teachers, and families to foster stronger relationships and healthier minds.
This quarter’s Round Up campaign for MoCom Gardens raised $1,429.74, and Moonflower rounded up this total to $1,450!
This money will go towards the completion of their Arroyo Crossing community garden, which Moonflower also supported by awarding our fall 2023 Seeds to Start Grant to the Moab Area Community Land Trust, MoCom Gardens’ partner for the project. Read the progress report of this garden from Becky Mann, founder and previous manager of MoCom Gardens, here.
This quarter’s Round Up benefited the Grand County High School Native American Club, in conjunction with Native American Heritage Month!
We raised $1,866.41 for the club, and Moonflower Co-op donated an extra $33.59 to round up this amount to an even $1,900.
The Native American Club serves local 7-12th graders at the Grand County middle and high schools. They meet twice a week after school to work on goals such as:
- Providing resource connection
- Goal setting and achievement
- Cultural learning, pride, and identity
- Field trips and sharing experiences
- Career introduction and relationship building
- Providing a safe space where students feel welcome and have ownership.
100% of the funds from the Round Up campaign went directly to the Native American Club.
This quarter’s Round Up recipient was Community Rebuilds! Our owners and patrons donated $1168.68 to CR , and Moonflower donated $31.32 “round up” the total to $1200!
Community Rebuilds is a 501(c)3 nonprofit whose mission is to build energy efficient housing, provide education on sustainability, and improve the housing conditions of the workforce through an affordable program. CR works with low-income families and individuals to construct affordable homes using “dirt cheap” materials including locally sourced sand, clay, and straw. They also operate a free internship program for young emerging professionals to get hands-on experience in natural building and learn about affordable housing.
Donations from the Round Up went towards making CR’s homes affordable to low-income residents of Moab and supporting their internship program’s housing costs.
This quarter’s Round Up recipient was the Arches Education Center! Our owners and patrons donated $1189.97 to AEC, and Moonflower donated $10.03 to “round up” the total to $1200!
Arches Education Center empowers individuals to become self-sufficient, to acquire the skills necessary for employment, effective communication, and personal success. AEC assists adults in becoming literate and obtaining the knowledge they need in order to complete their secondary education or to enhance their English language skills.
Funds from the Round Up campaign went towards GED testing fees, English for Speakers of Other Languages curriculum, and high school completion curriculum for underserved or incarcerated individuals and those struggling financially.
This quarter’s Round Up recipient was the Youth Garden Project. Our owners and patrons donated $1218.93 to YGP, and Moonflower donated $281.07 to “round up” the total to $1500!
YGP’s mission is to “cultivate healthy children, families, and community through educational programs and connecting people with food from seed to table.” YGP uses its 1.5 acre organic garden as an experiential learning lab, a source of sustainable local food (last year they grew over 3000 lbs. of produce that was distributed to the community in a variety of ways, including over 20% donated to Moab residents experiencing food insecurity), and a beautiful community gathering space.
Funds from the Round Up went to YGP’s youth programming, including their summer camp, field trips, afterschool clubs, internship program, and workshops, and their community events.
This quarter’s Round Up recipient was Rim to Rim Restoration. Our community members raised $846.59 for Rim to Rim, and Moonflower “rounded up” with our own donation of $53.41 to make it an even $900!
This quarter’s Round Up recipient was Underdog Animal Rescue & Rehab. Generous owners and customers donated $587.18 to Underdog, and Moonflower “rounded up” with our own donation of $112.82 to make it an even $700!
This quarter’s Round Up recipient was Grand Area Mentoring. Generous owners and customers donated $909.01 to GAM, and Moonflower “rounded up” with our own donation to bring the total raised to $1000!
This month’s Round Up at the Register campaign for Hearthspace Moab raised $1037.46! Moonflower Co-op donated to round up this amount to $1100. Hearthspace is a nonprofit based in Moab that helps people embody their deepest, truest Self and realize Oneness. They do this by providing free “by donation” wellness, educational, and community arts opportunities. Hearthspace’s Moab Kitchen food truck serves 100% whole plant based, seed-to-table, organic food by donation, supported by our own community gardens. Funding will be used to support our community programming (especially vertical gardening efforts), marketing and outreach, and general operating costs.
This month’s Round Up at the Register campaign for Moab Charter School raised $1167.57! Moonflower Co-op donated to round up this amount to $1200. Moab Charter School is a free public K-6 charter school with small class sizes and an added focus on arts and music. It was established in 2004 by a group of active parents from Moab and Castle Valley interested in providing a more individualized education alternative to local schools. MCS’s mission is to support and challenge each child to develop critical thinking, self-direction, and their full academic and creative potential. The funds will be used to facilitate MCS student programs.This Round Up campaign for Community Rebuilds raised $781.65 from donations at the register. Moonflower rounded up to make it an even $900. CR is a 501(c)3 nonprofit whose mission is to build energy efficient housing, provide education on sustainability, and improve the housing conditions of the workforce through an affordable program. CR works with low-income families and individuals to construct affordable homes using “dirt cheap” materials including locally sourced sand, clay, and straw. They also operate a free internship program for young emerging professionals to get hands-on experience in natural building and learn about affordable housing.
Donations go towards making CR’s homes affordable to low-income residents of Moab and supporting their internship program’s housing costs.
This month’s Round Up campaign benefited the Boulder Outdoor Survival School, a non-profit outdoor survival school in Boulder, Utah that began in 1968. BOSS is dedicated to the instruction and preservation of traditional living skills and the development of people through experiences within the natural world. BOSS offers field courses that are simulated survival expeditions, as well as skill-specific courses like Wilderness First Responder, Hunter/Gatherer, and Navigation.
This campaign raised $900.32, and Moonflower rounded up this total to $1000! BOSS put this contribution towards efforts to increase the diversity, equity, and inclusion of their courses by combining it with Covid relief funding to offer a 50% tuition reduction on a 7-day field course specifically for LGBTQ+ folks. This was the first course of its kind for BOSS, and 9 out of the 12 students expressed that they would have never come on a course if it had not been explicitly for LGBTQ+ people.
This month’s Round Up campaign benefited Grand County Active Transportation and Trails (GCATT aka Moab Trail Mix). GCATT works with local land managers to design, build, and maintain non-motorized trails in the Moab area. Currently, their field staff and volunteers maintain over 160 miles of singletrack trails as well as many miles of trails dedicated to hiking, climbing and canyoneering access, and horseback riding. This campaign raised $1248.47, and Moonflower rounded up this total to $1500! Funds raised from this campaign will support ongoing maintenance of the trail system and the purchase of new trail tools.
This quarter’s Round Up campaign benefited the Canyonlands Field Institute. CFI is an outdoor education non-profit that was founded in 1984. Their mission is to provide quality outdoor education on the Colorado Plateau, to inspire care of wild places, and renew the human spirit by disconnecting from technology. CFI is working towards a world where the people, wildlife, plants, and waters of the Colorado Plateau are healthy and vibrant. This campaign raised $1838.38, and Moonflower rounded up this total to $2000! Funds raised from the Round Up campaign will be used to provide scholarships for children to come to camp this summer.
This quarter’s Round Up campaign benefited the Underdog Animal Rescue & Rehab. Underdog’s mission is: “To rescue and rehabilitate companion animals from the Four Corners reservations of the American Southwest through vet care, spay/neuter, and adoption services, while supporting Native Americans in the care of their animals.” This campaign raised $1137.24, and Moonflower rounded up this total to $1200! Funds raised from the Round Up campaign will be used for vet care, medicines, food, transportation, animal care, and low-cost vaccination and spay/neuter clinics. These clinics can spay and neuter 125 dogs and cats and provide hundreds of vaccinations!
This Round Up campaign for Moab Solutions raised $1323.61! Moonflower donated to round up this amount to $2000! Moab Solutions helps the homeless and others in need, restores public lands, and promotes reducing, reusing, and recycling. Funds from the Round Up help them further their work, including an emergency needs fund and 24/7 on-call emergency assistance set up each winter, parkway cleanups, and waste management initiatives.
This Round Up campaign for the Moab Valley Multicultural Center raised $1383.90 from donations at the register. Moonflower “rounded up” an extra ~$116 to make it an even $1500! The Moab Valley Multicultural Center’s mission is “to build bridges across language and culture through family support, community collaboration and education.” MVMC advocates, educates, and collaborates with our community to remove cultural, language, or economic barriers with particular emphasis on immigrant, minority, indigenous, and vulnerable populations of all ages in Moab and surrounding rural areas.
From March – June 2020, MVMC provided advocacy, resources, rental assistance, and monetary support to 68 families who were impacted by COVID-19. In May alone, they distributed 3,421 meals to 523 people, were able to gift an Easter basket to each of their Amiguitos club mentees, handed out surprise cash gifts to community members in need with Moab Solutions, and in partnership with the Grand County Shelter Task Force, were able to bring rental assistance to families impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
This Round Up campaign for Community Rebuilds raised $795.46 from donations at the register. Moonflower “rounded up” an extra ~$200 to make it an even $1000. CR’s mission is “to build energy-efficient housing, provide education on sustainability, and improve the housing conditions of the workforce through an affordable program.”
Donations go towards making CR’s homes affordable to low-income residents of Moab and supporting their internship program’s housing costs. In exchange for their labor on the build sites, CR’s interns learn sustainable, environmentally friendly construction practices like straw bale building and clay plastering. They build about six straw bale houses a year and educate 32 interns; they also welcome anyone to come volunteer with them at our build sites (after COVID-19 has passed..)! CR wants homeownership to be a possibility to individuals and families that want to make a life here and contribute to our wonderful community.
This quarter, we held an extra Round Up campaign for the Youth Garden Project. YGP “cultivates healthy children, families, and community through educational programs and the profound act of connecting people with food from seed to table.”
Funds from the Round Up campaign will be used support the Youth Garden Project’s youth and community programs, which take place at their 1.5 acre production garden and orchard. The Garden is at the center of all they do. YGP is making a difference in the way people and future generations relate to and are learning about the environment, local food systems, and growing their own food. In addition, the YGP garden learning environment provides space for youth to develop positive relationships with peers and adults and learn essential skills in team building, communication, healthy eating, and so much more.
Funds raised from this campaign were a little short of what was expected due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, resulting in much fewer visitors to the co-op than a normal April would bring. However, our generous community still donated $651.33, and Moonflower supplemented with another $1000 to help YGP in these uncertain times.
This quarter’s Round Up campaign benefited the Underdog Animal Rescue & Rehab. Underdog’s mission is: “To rescue and rehabilitate companion animals from the Four Corners reservations of the American Southwest through vet care, spay/neuter, and adoption services, while supporting Native Americans in the care of their animals.”
This quarter’s Round Up campaign benefited the Humane Society of Moab Valley (HSMV), the only animal welfare organization with adoption, sterilization, and educational programs in southeastern Utah. The HSMV’s mission is to promote and provide responsible care for our community’s animals. This Round Up campaign raised $1800 for the HSMV! From HSMV:
“Funds raised from the Round Up campaign will be used for a special project to sterilize pets belonging to low income families in the Moab area. The overall objective of this project is to reduce the financial burden of sterilizing pets owned by low-income residents. Many pets are intact, and animals are often surrendered or turned loose because low-income families can’t afford pet care or move and don’t take their pets with them. A helping hand will help break the cycle of unwanted, unaffordable litters and abandoned pets. The specific objective is to sterilize 50 pets from low-income households in the Moab area. Cost-savings by eliminating unwanted litters and stray and homeless animals will strengthen and stabilize our entire community.”
Our second Round Up campaign benefited the Full Circle Intertribal Center, a new local nonprofit that offers Native American/Indigenous programs focused on nourishing healing and wellness through tradition and culture, Native American advocacy, Native youth, thriving Indigenous women, and cultural services. Together our owners and patrons raised $1252.87 for the FCIC.
Our first Round Up partner organization was Grand Area Mentoring, Moab’s only one-on-one mentoring program that has supported local youth since 2005. From May 1-14th, 2019, owners and customers donated over $2,000 to benefit Grand Area Mentoring’s Nutritionally Informed Mentoring Project! Through this program, mentors are able to bring their mentees to Moonflower, where they can purchase healthy, organic, and local food, learn about our sustainability goals, and check out the yummy treats from our Datura Deli.