Kyra Sedgwick and family to help out in New Orleans

Volunteering

is a way of life for Kyra Sedgwick. The

Closer star donates her time to various charities.

“I

think it’s the most fulfilling thing that you can do,” she tells me at a

C.A.R.E. event held at NYC’s Esquire North. “We are responsible for each other

as human beings. We can’t do it alone. We need help, and we need to give help.”

Kyra,

42, will be getting hubby Kevin Bacon, 49, and kids Travis, 18, and Sosie, 15,

involved when the family heads to New Orleans this Christmas to donate their

time and talents.

“After

living with a certain amount of wealth and being in the limelight, I think my

kids are really interested in giving back,” she says. “It was actually their

encouragement that made us choose to do this.”