Educational Programs Gold Winner American Solutions For Business The Bell Museum, a natural history museum and planetarium in St. Paul, Minnesota, engaged K-5 students across the state with distribution of free STEM Kits designed to spark curiosity and hands-on learning. The project, funded through donations, has been ongoing since 2020 with ASB involved as the creative partner since then. The 2025 kits targeted 15,000 families, particularly those in under-resourced communities, with distribution through the museum, public libraries, a YMCA and other outlets. These engaging, take-home activity kits, developed to make science and nature learning accessible and fun, featured educational experiments with cohesive graphics and functional promo items. Every element – from the custom box and pencil set to the seed packets and printed guides – followed a consistent color story, reinforcing the year’s theme while remaining accessible to young learners. Each kit contained four activities: Groovy Gills, Growbox Greenhouse, Salty Science and Sew a Constellation. In addition, the kit’s packaging was intentionally designed to be reused for the Growbox Greenhouse project, making every part of the experience purposeful and engaging. Silver Winner Promotional Partners Students who participated with their schools in educational programs at The Poe Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, and at related pop-up events around the state, were gifted a customdesigned key tag to remind them of key points in the program. Because the tag could be attached to bags, zippers and clothing, it became a lasting tangible and visual reminder of the key messages they had learned. The tag was printed in full color and used a full-bleed imprint to highlight The Poe Center and its program partner AmeriHealth Caritas NC. The nonprofits are aligned through an educational mission to empower youngsters, from fourth graders to teens, to make positive behavioral choices about their health and wellness as they mature into adults. The program was so well received that The Poe Center asked Promotional Partners to craft a second key tag and sticker for a future program. 64 • MARCH 2026 • PPAI Must Read | Pyramid Awards | Client Promotions
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