The Reach Out! Toolbox, a product funded by the AALAS Foundation, is not literally a "box" but rather a collection of "tools" needed for planning or conducting public outreach sessions within the local community. The Toolbox:

• Offers motivation and encouragement for AALAS members truly interested in learning "how" to reach out to the public about biomedical research using animals.
• Provides AALAS members with tools and resources they need to conduct successful public outreach sessions within their communities.
• Supplies an Animal Research Fair Planning Guide for planning, organizing, and conducting an Animal Research Fair at the facility or branch level.

Use the Reach Out! Toolbox to plan and conduct an Animal Research Fair during your International Laboratory Animal Technician Week.

About these files
For your convenience, the components of the Reach Out Toolbox are offered both individually and compiled into both a ZIP file and a PDF file. If you simply want to view or print the Toolbox, download the PDF. If you want to customize the text of the files, the ZIP file is your best bet. If you want to pick and choose which documents go into your Toolbox, download only the files you want from the Toolbox Components section below.

Please note that the PowerPoint presentations are not included in the ZIP file; the Complete Toolbox PDF contains only the presentation handouts, not the presentations themselves. To preview the PowerPoint files, click the HTML link next to each presentation. To download the PowerPoint, click the icon. The handouts for each section are in the PDF file next to the presentation links.

If you have trouble downloading any of these files, right-click the icon and choose "Save Target As."

Complete Toolbox (2.6 mb) | (3.77 mb)

Toolbox Components
Intro Section
Front Cover	(1.48 mb)
Table of Contents	(95 kb)
Introduction	(39 kb)
Toolbox Evaluation Form	(33 kb)
Section 1: Preparation Tools
Divider	(472 kb)
Preparing for Your Visit	(36 kb)
Giving an Effective Presentation	(37 kb)
Getting the Message Out	(52 kb)
The Drug Discovery Process	(43 kb)
"Why I Do What I Do" Statement	(30 kb)
Animal Research FAQs	(38 kb)
State/Province Science Teacher Associations	(31 kb)
Reach Out! DVD ad	(43 kb)
Presentation: Give Them What You've Got!	(8.3 mb)	(1 mb)
Section 2: Presentation Tools
Divider	(472 kb)
Together for Life	(0.6 mb)
Careers in LAS	(31 kb)
Celebrity Health Issues	(33 kb)
Medicine and the Rainforest	(173 kb)
Kids4Research	(46 kb)
Classroom Outreach Activities	(37 kb)
Biomedical Research Advocacy Resources	(47 kb)
Presentation: Animals in Biomedical Research	(378 kb)	(179 kb)
Bottle Labels	(0.63 mb)
Magical Trunk of Careers	(45 kb)
Direct Impact Questionnaire	(41 kb)
Opinion Survey on the Use of Animals	(46 kb)
Section 3: Animal Research Fair
Divider	(472 kb)
Animal Research Fair Planning Guide	(206 kb)
Face Painting	(70 kb)
Presentation: Animal Research Fair	(4.6 mb)	(0.56 mb)
Back Cover	(90 kb)

Questions about the Toolbox? Send an e-mail to info@aalas.org. If you have problems with the files, contact webmaster@aalas.org.

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