Last week I spoke a little about Ven. Pannavati and the work she is doing in North Carolina.  You can read a Tricycle article about her:
An Interview with Venerable Pannavati Karuna and see a short video of her on YouTube. Her website is: http://www.embracingsimplicityhermitage.org/ – if you wisho donate to her organization for homeless teens, see: myplacewnc.org