Press Releases: OtterCares
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Thursday, March 21, 2013FORT COLLINS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The OtterCares ® Foundation, the charitable giving arm of OtterBox ®, recently welcomed Gary Rogers as its new director of operations. Rogers is a Colorado native who brings 10 years of non-profit management experience to the OtterCares team. Rogers will assume operational responsibility for the OtterCares staff and programs, as well as expansion and execution of its mission. He has a track record of success with budgetmore...
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Thursday, August 9, 2012FORT COLLINS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With a passion for volunteerism and vision to foster the same in others, OtterCares® Foundation Founder and President Nancy Richardson was honored yesterday as a 2012 Woman of Distinction by the Northern Colorado Business Report. One of 11 women recognized during the fourth annual Women of Distinction Awards program in Loveland, Colo., Richardson was recognized as an “Outstanding Volunteer.” Honorees were selected from among more thanmore...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012FORT COLLINS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As another school year comes to a close, the OtterCares® Foundation is proud to award the annual OtterBox® Entrepreneurial Scholarship to five worthy students. Created in 2007 to recognize and encourage entrepreneurial spirit among high school students in northern Colorado, the scholarship program has grown significantly from its first year and continues to influence the next generation of young entrepreneurs. “This scholarshipmore...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012FORT COLLINS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Over the span of just 24 days, OtterBox® employees donated more than a quarter of a million dollars and pledged over 1,000 hours of volunteer work during a giving challenge coordinated by the OtterCares® Foundation, the charitable arm of the Colorado case company. On March 21, 2012 OtterBox employees each received a $200 grant certificate to kick off the “OtterCares Get it, Grow it, Give it Challenge” or the “G3more...
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Thursday, May 5, 2011In an effort to refine its application process, the OtterCaresSM Foundation introduces three new grant programs designed to support a number of different requests. Each unique program, named after three popular OtterBox® case series, focuses on an area the foundation feels strongly about supporting. “We want to make sure our grant programs are easy to understand for potential applicants,” said OtterCares President Nancy Richardsonmore...
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Thursday, May 5, 2011Each year in the month of April, thousands of Americans donate time, energy and passion to non-profit organizations all over the country in honor of National Volunteer Month. OtterBox® and its non-profit foundation, OtterCaresSM, made their mark by encouraging employees and customers alike to give back. OtterBox employees volunteered hundreds of hours for dozens of local organizations including Food Bank for Larimer County, Turning Point, Themore...
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011OtterBox® and the OtterCares™ Foundation were recognized on Tuesday, Jan. 4 by Character Fort Collins and Fort Collins Mayor Doug Hutchinson with the Character in Action Award. Presented on a monthly basis, the award recognizes either an individual or group of citizens that have demonstrated outstanding character as it relates to a specific event or series of events impacting the community. OtterCares and OtterBox aremore...
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Friday, November 5, 2010A single stone dropped into still water creates a large ripple effect that spreads far beyond the initial drop. Attempting to create a similar effect in the Northern Colorado community, employees of OtterBox®, a smartphone case manufacturing company, each acted as symbolic stones yesterday as they visited more than 45 local non-profit organizations, hand delivering donations to celebrate the official launch of the OtterCares Foundationmore...
