Working while vacationing might seem to defeat the purpose—take those unhappy e-mail addicts who obsessively check in while they're ostensibly checked out. But there is a more diverting, more invigorating, and ultimately far more fulfilling sort of work to be done on volunteer vacations, organized trips on which travelers spend their time off doing good for the world. Right this minute, roving volunteers are teaching children, saving imperiled ecosystems, and literally building bridges to impoverished communities. Such efforts can take a person as far afield as she might care to venture (the Arctic, the Amazon), or as close to home as the school down the block. Here, a guide to four groups that need help in the United States.
From the December 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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