We Closed Our Doors. We Opened Our Hearts. We Made an Impact!

February 27, 2019

For the past three years, we’ve worked with Otter Products to do something extraordinary. For a single day, Otter Products closes their doors so that employees all over the world can dig into their communities through hands-on volunteering and service. Everyone, from interns to executives, spend the day working alongside schools, students and nonprofits to help inspire students and grow our mission.

We call this day closed2open.

On this incredible day, Otter employees blanket communities in the three continents and nine countries: the United States and Canada; Cork, Ireland; the UK; Sweden; Spain; Germany; and Hong Kong. Working with some of our incredible partners, employees volunteer in classrooms, using their many talents to help organizations through strategic operation planning and encouraging students to be bold, be passionate and have fun.

This year nearly 900 Otter employees gave over 6,000 hours of volunteer time during this year’s closed2open events, globally, in support of the OtterCares mission. Additionally, this year’s impact extended beyond Otter Product employees. The Otter Shop in Fort Collins, Colo.,  engaged 41 businesses and welcomed a total of 133 non-Otter volunteers to build STEM Learning Kits with the nonprofit Resource Area for Teachers. Also, through an online activation, more than 700 OtterBox and LifeProof consumers pledged over 7,500 additional hours of volunteerism.

“We had a blast,” said Steven Jones, Senior Director of Sales for Otter Products. “[We had] a huge group of kids and they were all so engaged with the content we delivered.”

“We had a great experience at A Precious Child,” said Lisa Flint, Senior Channel Sales Manager for Otter Products. “They were extremely organized, informative and friendly. The place and what they all do is amazing. It was a great experience giving back to such a wonderful organization and working with fellow amazing Otters.”

“I just want to thank you all so much for sending out your amazing volunteers to us…,” said Sherry Legrand, STEAM Coordinator and Learning Technology Coach at Hygiene Elementary in Longmont, Colo. “The kids had a great time and I have heard so many positive comments from our teachers about how great they all were with our kids! We really appreciate your support of our school!”

 

This much-anticipated annual event has evolved into a global movement of change all thanks to the passionate employees at Otter Products and all of our incredible partners that helped make this day an HUGE success!

  • Junior Achievement of San Diego
  • Rocky Mountain Junior Achievement
  • Junior Achievement Ireland
  • Junior Achievement Canada
  • Habitat for Humanity in Loveland, Colo.
  • Habitat for Humanity in Longmont, Colo.
  • Habitat for Humanity in Lyons, Colo.
  • Loveland Habitat ReStore in Loveland, Colo.
  • Fort Collins Habitat ReStore in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Habitat for Humanity in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Butler Elementary in Fort Lupton, Colo.
  • Skyline High School in Longmont, Colo.
  • Weld County Food Bank in Greeley, Colo.
  • Columbine Elementary in Longmont, Colo.
  • Hygiene Elementary in Longmont, Colo.
  • Thunder Valley K-8 in Firestone, Colo.
  • Graceful Oaks Youth Ranch in Fort Lupton, Colo.
  • Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT) in Denver, Colo.
  • Rocky Mountain Elementary in Longmont, Colo.
  • A Precious Child in Broomfield, Colo.
  • Boys & Girls Club in Loveland, Colo.
  • Preston Middle School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Lesher Middle School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Boltz Middle School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Grandview Elementary in Windsor, Colo.
  • Webber Middle School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Eyestone Elementary in Wellington, Colo.
  • Rice Elementary in Wellington, Colo.
  • Coyote Ridge Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Lopez Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Polaris Expeditionary Learning School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • High Plains School in Loveland, Colo.
  • Loveland High School in Loveland, Colo.
  • Poudre Global Academy in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Shepardson Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Fort Collins Montessori School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Werner Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Polaris Expeditionary Learning School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Cache La Poudre Elementary in Laporte, Colo.
  • Kruse Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Windsor Charter Academy in Windsor, Colo.
  • Putnam Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Second Baptist Church in Cheyenne, Wyo.
  • Colorado Youth Outdoors in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Harris Bilingual School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Laurel Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Sarah Milner Elementary in Loveland, Colo.
  • Livermore Elementary in Livermore, Colo.
  • Olander Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Timnath Elementary in Timnath, Colo.
  • Johnson Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • CASA Larimer County/Harmony House in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Boys & Girls Club Fort Collins North in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Boys & Girls Club Fort Collins South in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Boys & Girls Club Loveland West in Loveland, Colo.
  • Boys & Girls Club Wellington in Wellington, Colo.
  • Poudre School District in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Child Safe in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Thompson School District in Loveland, Colo.
  • West Hills High School in Santee, Calif.
  • Tierrasanta Elementary in San Diego, Calif.
  • Vista High School in Vista, Calif.
  • Casa De Amparo in San Marcos, Calif.
  • Thrive Public Schools in San Diego, Calif.
  • Fleet Science Center in San Diego, Calif.
  • Hong Kong Christian Services (HKCS) in Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
  • Cradle to Crayons, in Philadelphia, Penn.

 

Thank you to the incredible community business partners that joined us to help build RAFT kits!

  • Snack Attack in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Snooze in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Gallegos Sanitation in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Lululemon in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Every Day Joe’s in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • University of Northern Colorado Extended Campus in Greeley, Colo.
  • Northern Colorado Mom’s Blog in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • 96.1 KISS FM in Fort Collins, Colo. (iHeartmedia)
  • BIG 97.9 in Fort Collins, Colo. (iHeartmedia)
  • Mantooth Marketing
  • Colorado Youth Outdoors
  • Dohn Construction
  • Elevations Credit Union
  • Dutch Bros.
  • Fitness Festival Events
  • Blue Ocean Enterprises
  • Blue Ocean Real Estate Management
  • Ascent Studio
  • Tolmar
  • Francis Home Mortgage
  • Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity
  • United Way of Larimer County
  • Visit Fort Collins
  • Cache Bank and Trust
  • Lost Scout
  • Blue FCU
  • Chipper’s Lanes
  • New Horizon Travel
  • Branded Logistics, LLC.
  • NOCO Style
  • Salz Home Solutions
  • The Armstrong Hotel
  • Old Elk Distillery
  • Code 4 Security Services
  • North Forty News and the New SCENE Magazine
  • Home2Suites by Hilton
  • Restaurant 415

 

Shout out to these awesome restaurants for donating food during the day!

  • Backcountry Deli
  • Jason’s Deli (on Shields in Fort Collins, Colo.)
  • Qdoba (on Shields in Fort Collins, Colo.)
  • Slice Pizza Works (Fort Collins, Colo.)

 

Check out more photos on our Facebook page!

 

 

For the past three years, we've worked with Otter Products to do something extraordinary. For a single day, Otter Products closes their doors so that employees all over the world can dig into their communities through hands-on volunteering and service. Everyone, from interns to executives, spend the day working alongside schools, students and nonprofits to help inspire students and grow our mission.

We call this day closed2open.

On this incredible day, Otter employees blanket communities in the three continents and nine countries: the United States and Canada; Cork, Ireland; the UK; Sweden; Spain; Germany; and Hong Kong. Working with some of our incredible partners, employees volunteer in classrooms, using their many talents to help organizations through strategic operation planning and encouraging students to be bold, be passionate and have fun.

This year nearly 900 Otter employees gave over 6,000 hours of volunteer time during this year’s closed2open events, globally, in support of the OtterCares mission. Additionally, this year’s impact extended beyond Otter Product employees. The Otter Shop in Fort Collins, Colo., engaged 41 businesses and welcomed a total of 133 non-Otter volunteers to build STEM Learning Kits with the nonprofit Resource Area for Teachers. Also, through an online activation, more than 700 OtterBox and LifeProof consumers pledged over 7,500 additional hours of volunteerism.

Otters in Canada participate in JA in Day!

"We had a blast," said Steven Jones, Senior Director of Sales for Otter Products. "[We had] a huge group of kids and they were all so engaged with the content we delivered."

"We had a great experience at A Precious Child," said Lisa Flint, Senior Channel Sales Manager for Otter Products. "They were extremely organized, informative and friendly. The place and what they all do is amazing. It was a great experience giving back to such a wonderful organization and working with fellow amazing Otters."



"I just want to thank you all so much for sending out your amazing volunteers to us...," said Sherry Legrand, STEAM Coordinator and Learning Technology Coach at Hygiene Elementary in Longmont, Colo. "The kids had a great time and I have heard so many positive comments from our teachers about how great they all were with our kids! We really appreciate your support of our school!"

Just a day full of helping out at Graceful Oaks Youth Ranch!
Otters in Philadelphia having fun at Cradle to Crayons!
Otters using their super powers to help set up a 3D printer at Tierrasanta Elementary!
Otters participate in a career panel
Otters at West Hills High School helping out in the engineering class
Otters helping out with Habitat for Humanity
Otters following directions from students!
Community members putting together RAFT kits with the Otter Shop!
Otters in Sweden helping thier community!
Otters in Cork, Ireland
Otters inspiring kiddos in the UK!
Our Germany Otters braving the cold to make a difference!

This much-anticipated annual event has evolved into a global movement of change all thanks to the passionate employees at Otter Products and all of our incredible partners that helped make this day an HUGE success!

  • Junior Achievement of San Diego
  • Rocky Mountain Junior Achievement
  • Junior Achievement Ireland
  • Junior Achievement Canada
  • Habitat for Humanity in Loveland, Colo.
  • Habitat for Humanity in Longmont, Colo.
  • Habitat for Humanity in Lyons, Colo.
  • Loveland Habitat ReStore in Loveland, Colo.
  • Fort Collins Habitat ReStore in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Habitat for Humanity in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Butler Elementary in Fort Lupton, Colo.
  • Skyline High School in Longmont, Colo.
  • Weld County Food Bank in Greeley, Colo.
  • Columbine Elementary in Longmont, Colo.
  • Hygiene Elementary in Longmont, Colo.
  • Thunder Valley K-8 in Firestone, Colo.
  • Graceful Oaks Youth Ranch in Fort Lupton, Colo.
  • Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT) in Denver, Colo.
  • Rocky Mountain Elementary in Longmont, Colo.
  • A Precious Child in Broomfield, Colo.
  • Boys & Girls Club in Loveland, Colo.
  • Preston Middle School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Lesher Middle School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Boltz Middle School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Grandview Elementary in Windsor, Colo.
  • Webber Middle School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Eyestone Elementary in Wellington, Colo.
  • Rice Elementary in Wellington, Colo.
  • Coyote Ridge Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Lopez Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Polaris Expeditionary Learning School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • High Plains School in Loveland, Colo.
  • Loveland High School in Loveland, Colo.
  • Poudre Global Academy in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Shepardson Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Fort Collins Montessori School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Werner Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Polaris Expeditionary Learning School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Cache La Poudre Elementary in Laporte, Colo.
  • Kruse Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Windsor Charter Academy in Windsor, Colo.
  • Putnam Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Second Baptist Church in Cheyenne, Wyo.
  • Colorado Youth Outdoors in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Harris Bilingual School in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Laurel Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Sarah Milner Elementary in Loveland, Colo.
  • Livermore Elementary in Livermore, Colo.
  • Olander Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Timnath Elementary in Timnath, Colo.
  • Johnson Elementary in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • CASA Larimer County/Harmony House in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Boys & Girls Club Fort Collins North in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Boys & Girls Club Fort Collins South in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Boys & Girls Club Loveland West in Loveland, Colo.
  • Boys & Girls Club Wellington in Wellington, Colo.
  • Poudre School District in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Child Safe in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Thompson School District in Loveland, Colo.
  • West Hills High School in Santee, Calif.
  • Tierrasanta Elementary in San Diego, Calif.
  • Vista High School in Vista, Calif.
  • Casa De Amparo in San Marcos, Calif.
  • Thrive Public Schools in San Diego, Calif.
  • Fleet Science Center in San Diego, Calif.
  • Hong Kong Christian Services (HKCS) in Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
  • Cradle to Crayons, in Philadelphia, Penn.

Thank you to the incredible community business partners that joined us to help build RAFT kits!

  • Snack Attack in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Snooze in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Gallegos Sanitation in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Lululemon in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Every Day Joe's in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • University of Northern Colorado Extended Campus in Greeley, Colo.
  • Northern Colorado Mom's Blog in Fort Collins, Colo.
  • 96.1 KISS FM in Fort Collins, Colo. (iHeartmedia)
  • BIG 97.9 in Fort Collins, Colo. (iHeartmedia)
  • Mantooth Marketing
  • Colorado Youth Outdoors
  • Dohn Construction
  • Elevations Credit Union
  • Dutch Bros.
  • Fitness Festival Events
  • Blue Ocean Enterprises
  • Blue Ocean Real Estate Management
  • Ascent Studio
  • Tolmar
  • Francis Home Mortgage
  • Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity
  • United Way of Larimer County
  • Visit Fort Collins
  • Cache Bank and Trust
  • Lost Scout
  • Blue FCU
  • Chipper's Lanes
  • New Horizon Travel
  • Branded Logistics, LLC.
  • NOCO Style
  • Salz Home Solutions
  • The Armstrong Hotel
  • Old Elk Distillery
  • Code 4 Security Services
  • North Forty News and the New SCENE Magazine
  • Home2Suites by Hilton
  • Restaurant 415

Shout out to these awesome restaurants for donating food during the day!

  • Backcountry Deli
  • Jason's Deli (on Shields in Fort Collins, Colo.)
  • Qdoba (on Shields in Fort Collins, Colo.)
  • Slice Pizza Works (Fort Collins, Colo.)

Check out more photos on our Facebook page!