Press, Awards, & Recognition
PRESS
Good Morning America: GMA3
November 29, 2023
In September of 2023, GMA meteorologist Ginger Zee visited us during programming at Shamrock Elementary in Woburn. The segment aired November 29th, featuring our programming and SCiLL, breaking its record of biggest debut yet on CBS Boston!
Meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski gives our electric go-kart a spin in Salem during a summer programming event
CBS Boston
WATCH IT HERE | Science Lab on Wheels Brings Lessons on Climate Change to Kids
August 31, 2022
On August 31st, meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski from CBS Boston visited our very own SCiLL Escape Room during a visit to students in Salem. Featured in CBS Boston’s special Back-to-School series, the lab made it’s biggest debut yet in partnership with LEAP 4 Education.
Evaluation Coordinator & Lead Educator, Kylie S, looks on as a group of students solves an energy-source-themed word search
Boston 25 News
October 4, 2022
Hear some thoughts from one of our co-founders, a teacher, and some students at Ipswich Middle School as they explore a human-impact themed “Escape Room” in our mobile lab.
WBUR | NPR Boston
LISTEN TO IT HERE | There's a Hole in the State's Climate Efforts: Elementary Education
October 21, 2022
Boston WBUR’s Aimee Moon visited us and SCiLL at Paul Revere Elementary School for some of our lessons both inside the lab and the classroom. Tune in to hear about the importance of climate education starting young.
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LISTEN TO IT HERE | 'Change Is Simple' Teaches STEM & Sustainability To Boston Students
October 22, 2022
WBZ’s Mike Macklin experiences Change is Simple’s SCiLL (Sustainability and Climate Innovation Learning Lab) after a visit to The Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston. Co-founder and CEO Patrick Belmonte explains the learning stations set up inside and around the mobile lab to teach students about topics ranging from biodiversity to wind and clean energy.
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Learning Hits the Road in Lynn
LCTV News | “SCiLL” Visits Marshall Middle School
July 18, 2022
On July 18th, both Lynn Community Television and Item Live featured Change is Simple at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn. Students from rising 6-8th grades experienced our very own carbon-themed escape room. The program was in partnership with LEAP 4 Education, a summer education non-profit serving Essex county communities, including Lynn and Salem. Students were visited by Salem Mayor Driscoll and Lynn Mayor Jared C. Nicholson.
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Hannah Elementary Students Get Visit From 30-Foot Mobile Learning Lab
June 17, 2022
On June 8th, Beverly Patch featured a story about Change is Simple and its mobile STEM learning lab. Beverly students, along with State Senator Joan Lovely, explored the new lab known as SCiLL. Students used the high-tech STEM lab to study and identify samples they collected from a nearby pond. The lab is a hands-on tool which furthers the CiS mission of bringing sustainability and climate change education to young students.
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Mobile learning lab comes to Wood Hill School
June 10, 2022
On June 10th the Andover Townsman featured a story about Change is Simple and its new mobile STEM learning lab. Sixth-grade students from Andover’s Wood Hill Middle School – along with State Representative Tram Nguyen – were immersed in a lesson about biodiversity and pollution. The high-tech SCiLL lab allows students to engage in hands-on learning about many topics related to sustainability and climate change.
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Change is Simple mobile STEM lab rolls up to Hannah School in Beverly
June 8, 2022
On June 8th the Salem News featured a photographic slide show featuring Change is Simple’s new STEM mobile learning lab. The photographer takes readers along as students from Beverly’s Hannah Elementary School were introduced the new mobile lab known as SCiLL. The lab brings STEM lessons about sustainability, solar power, climate change, biodiversity, composting, migration patterns and more to students in a very hands-on way.
SCiLL visited the Rose Kennedy Greenway in downtown Boston
Salem Mayor Driscoll with co-founder Lauren Belmonte and middle schoolers at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn
State Representative Tram Nguyen with students and teachers from Wood Hill Middle School in Andover
Change is Simple Founders Patrick and Lauren Belmonte, and State Senator Joan Lovely with 3rd Grade Students from Hannah Elementary School
Inside SCiLL, students poke through a bin of pond water looking for macroinvertebrates that indicate water quality
“These learning programs excite our students, equip them with valuable skills, and engage them around education, innovation, and sustainability, all of which are crucial to their development.”
““This is so much better than a science book. You can see it, feel it.””
“Change is Simple has had a profound impact.”
Awards & Recognition
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BEVERLY, MA — 2021
In May 2021 Change is Simple, Inc. was chosen as one of 140 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 to $500,000 each through the Cummings Foundation's $25 Million Grant Program. We were chosen from a total of 590 applicants during a competitive review process and will receive $350,000 over 10 years!
This sustained funding will allow the organization to continue the important expansion of our educational program into more under-resourced school districts throughout Essex, Middlesex, and Suffolk counties.
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NEW YORK, NY — 2021
The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation and NBCUniversal Local, division of NBCUniversal, today [May 19, 2021] announced that $3.475 million in Project Innovation grants will be presented to 100 non-profits in 11 markets. The grantees will use the funds to help move their communities forward through programs that are helping to shape the next generation of storytellers, foster a culture of equity and inclusion, empower youth with the tools they need to succeed, and inspire individuals to participate and volunteer in community engagement initiatives.
Change is Simple: $50,000
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ANDOVER, MA — 2018
In 2018 we were honored to accept an Impact Grant award from Woodard and Curran Foundation for the Change is Simple Mobile Sustainability & Climate Innovation Learning Lab (SCiLL). Change is Simple is receiving $100,000 over three years to design and build a one-of-a-kind Mobile Sustainability & Climate Innovation Learning Lab (SciLL) trailer that will visit schools in the Greater Boston area and educate children on environmental topics, making Change is Simple mobile. This project is expected to be completed to launch in January 2022.
The Change is Simple team celebrates receiving a 2021 Cummings Foundation Grant
Change is Simple receives a $50K Project Innovation Grant from NBC Universal Foundation
Lauren happily receives a $100K check from Woodard and Curran Foundation for SCiLL
