In the news...

Not us, but a subject which relates quite closely to this blog: volunteering abroad. There's an interesting article in the New York Times today about the topic that you should read. It was nice to see another parent/child combo mentioned. That was one of the sticklers for me--finding an organization that would take me with kids. Luckily I did with GVN. Here are another few links for you:
International Volunteer Programs Association: a searchable database for volunteer groups, though, by no means, comprehensive.
Cross-Cultural Solutions: accepts families, too! (Their program was way out of my price range, but I have heard good things about them.)
Serve Your World: a hub of sort with scads of articles on volunteering hows, whys and wheres.
Peace Corps: heard good things about this one, too, but they don't take anyone with dependents.

There's a big ol' world out there and plenty more organizations (both non- and for-profit) that set up these sort of things. Think about it. You don't have to dump everything, really, unless you're a little poor like us. Then it might just be the only way. I'll let you know if it's worth it.