Coaching is an integral part of Reach Out! Roselle is an example of a "new person" on the team who, after taking time to learn of the many things Reach Out! is involved in, identified her passion and then went job shadowing with the person who had experience in the area she wanted to take on. All of our coordinators know that it is their job to find someone to take over for them before they graduate or move on in their lives. Time will tell if Roselle takes over an existing site or program, or starts something new!

Reulonda began as a work-study in January 1998 with Web work; it did not take her long to discover that coding is not something she enjoys. Luckily, she chose to take over another less than glamorous job: keeping inventory and replenishing hands-on science kits and materials in the K–12 lab at the IST building. As more science clubs form, the need for materials increases. Reach Out! supports volunteers by picking out lessons or activities and getting materials. This has been an essential service, as UM students or faculty often don't have the time to shop for materials and many do not have transportation to get to stores like K-Mart and Meijer's. PNCFD funds were used to buy plastic tubs to store lesson kits, to purchase some reusable materials and equipment, and to pay for the consumable materials that children required. Over time, we envision the lab becoming a central storehouse and check-out place for many UM people who take demonstrations out to kids at schools, churches, or community centers.

Reulonda discovered, upon taking hands-on science on the road to Chapelle Elementary School, that she loves working with children. Now she is considering a switch in majors to education, which would certainly benefit future elementary students!