[Polar Bear]

My wife and I are still fairly new to TV, and I'm recovering from knee surgery, so we're just now looking to get involved in some volunteering. We're pretty open to any good cause, but we have one main thought...

We'd like to get involved in something where you work directly, to at least some degree, with the people you help. In other words, we'd prefer not to just donate or collect and such, where you simply work with other volunteers and then send off some donation to an organization. Don't get me wrong...we'd love working with other volunteers. That's part of the satisfaction. We just want some level of direct involvement with those we help.

As I said, we'd consider any group. We've thought about the military and their families, the aged and infirm, children in need, et. Al., but would consider any group.

Any thoughts?