Something to look into - if you volunteer at least 40 hours of your own time, some companies will give you 40 hours of their time if you are going to a volunteer event. Example - you are a cub scout leader and you take your group on a week long trip, your company would pay you and not charge vacation time. Under thorough investigation I discovered and took advantage of this little-known company perk. I did some volunteer work but it beat staying in the office all day.
