Celebitchy thankfully doesn’t live up to its name in covering this new story. The source is Star Magazine and here is what they said:

According to a source [Natalie Portman] volunteers about three times a week at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles to cuddle sick kids. “Natalie loves that she’s doing something entirely removed from the entertainment industry,” says the pal. This is just the latest example of her wanting to make major changes in her life, adds the source. [Portman], who recently split from her folk rocker beau Devendra Banhart, has sold her West Village home and intends to relocate to L.A. in search of “a new beginning.”

Way to go, Nat. It’s enough to warm the cockles of even Sarah Palin’s heart.