Reach Out! sprang from the K–12 Education Outreach Program of the NSF Science & Technology Center for Ultrafast Optical Science. Student site leaders and volunteers for the former STC’s outreach programs created a student organization with the same goals—promoting math and science literacy, as well as career exploration. | |
In January 1997, with the leadership of these students, the group was officially named and registered with the Michigan Student Assembly as Reach Out! Our organization was well-established with seed funding from the UM President’s New Century Fund for Diversity. | |
As the STC lifetime expired, three core staff members of the outreach program left campus in March 2002 and adopted our own name, to become Michigan Reach Out!, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. | |
Through summer 2003, 835 individuals have volunteered with Reach Out! as one-on-one academic mentors for 859 teens, and 573 helped with weekly hands-on science clubs in schools and community centers that served 1,621 children. Many of these volunteers have come back to us semester after semester and year after year. |
Last updated 23 Sep 04