Penny Arcade's writer and cartoonist founded a children's charity for gamers, called Child's Play. It's a worthy thing and has helped a lot of kids. If you think of it as organizing Amazon wishlists for children's hospitals you won't go far wrong. They also have fundraisers and things to make extra money for same. The excellent MC Frontalot is doing shows for them this year. Of this, Gabe writes:

MC Frontalot is kicking off a big November tour. Will he be playing at a venue near you? You can hit this site for all the shows and dates. If he's going to be within four or five states of you I recommend making the drive. I don't mean the little bullshit states they have over on the east coast either. I mean big manly states like we have over here.