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We've combed back through our memories and picked out some of our favorite stories to remember and celebrate!

• Centennial Elementary and the Not-So-Ordinary Ornament!
• Ferguson High School's Entrepreneurship
• Dream Makers and culinary artist GeQwan
• Engineering Brightness
• A Monster to Love
• Innovation Station surprises!
• Kruse Elementary and their Innovation Station!
• Pretty Brainy!
• In 2010, Kaden Strand received the OtterBox Entrepreneurship Scholarship to help him pursue his entrepreneurial dreams. Today, Kaden is founder and CEO of a VR/AR company, Blue Penguin!
• Brushstrokes of Impact - Pretty Brainy! Hear more about this incredible program that is helping to fan the flame of young women to be change-makers!
• The Young Entrepreneur Tournament!
• Olander Elementary in Fort Collins, Colorado and Tierrasanta Elementary in San Diego, California received Innovation Station grants made possible by Otter Products employees!
• Olander Elementary was one of our first Innovation Station grant recipients and we are so excited to see the impact their space is creating on their students!
• Our annual Pack2School event might look a little different this year but our impact is still the same!
• Tierrasanta Elementary in San Diego has received two of our Innovation Station grants and the impact they are creating is incredible!
• Otter Products employees are the secret sauce that makes our impact richer and deeper. They're passionate about what they do and about making a difference. We couldn't do what we do without them!
  
• MJ is an incredible young lady who is passionate about creating change in our world. Check out her advice on how you can make an impact, too!
• JA Company Program! This incredible program challenges high school students to develop their own businesses and then pitch their ideas for seed money. We love this stuff!
• Brushstrokes of Impact with JA Company Program! Learn more about JA Company Program and how students are using their passions and entrepreneurial knowledge to make their business ideas come to life!
• AMPED is an extraordinary program that teaches students algebra while they are working in a real student-led business! We've been proud to partner with AMPED since they started and cannot wait to see more students impacted by this awesome program!
• MESArc at Lucile Erwin Middle School was started because of one teacher's passion for flight. Today, students learn how to scratch design remote controlled airplanes, cars and drones while going through the process of running a business!
  
• Brushstrokes of Impact with MESArc! Learn more about this awesome program and the way it is helping to shape an entrepreneurial mindset in students!
• Started at Loveland High School to help improve math comprehension, Geometry in Construction combines geometry principles with real world applications. Students in Geometry in Construction apply their math studies to building homes for Habitat for Humanity. The program is currently in over 300 schools across the country!
• #tbt Brushstrokes of Impact with Geometry in Construction! Hear more about this incredible program that is using math to inspire students to be makers, doers and givers!
• #tbt with Colorado Early Colleges & Precious Plastics! Precious Plastics is an open source plastics recycling program that Colorado Early Colleges brought into their school to help hone entrepreneurial skills in their students! Students go through the design process to create their own recycling machine that they will then donate to a community in need. How awesome is that!?
• #tbt IC Aeronautics and teacher, Jake Marshall! Jake Marshall started MESArc and then grew the program for older students! Students at IC Aeronautics are learning how to run various businesses and connect with their passion for flight. Listen to Jake's story!
• #tbt Brushstrokes of Impact - IC Aeronautics and MESArc! Learn more about IC Aeronautics and MESArc and how students are being transformed into makers, doers and givers!
• #tbt Hearts for Respite! Every year, fourth graders at Lopez Elementary School in Fort Collins, Colo. host a very special luncheon to celebrate the culmination of their Project Heart Impact Project! Their Hearts for Respite Luncheon helps connect community members to the philanthropic efforts of these young people and allows students to gift the funds they have raised for Respite Care!
• #tbt Brushstrokes of Impact and Hearts for Respite! Learn more about the incredible impact students are creating through Project Heart and their Hearts for Respite Luncheon!
• #tbt Colorado Youth Outdoors & Girl Venture! Girl Venture, a collaborative program with OtterCares and Colorado Youth Outdoors, provides middle school aged girls with the opportunity to engage with professional women who work at Otter Products in a fun and supportive environment. Young ladies learn about career paths and opportunities in fields that interest them and hear directly from a woman in that field. The girls also engage in activities with their mentor that cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset and a philanthropic heart! The day wraps with all ladies engaging in the outdoors and connecting through traditional outdoor activities like fishing, BB gun shooting and archery!
• #tbt Windsor Charter Academy's Entrepreneurship Class! The Entrepreneurship class at Windsor Charter Academy connected students to the Windsor Severance Fire and Rescue to help make the lives of rescuers and first responders better!
• #tbt Celebrating our 10th anniversary at the Otter Shop! In October 2019, we celebrated our 10th anniversary! We took the celebration to the Otter Shop so that our entire community could join and make their mark on a special mural to symbolize our collective commitment to create more impact over the next 10 years! Stop by the Otter Shop to see the completed piece!