Employees at Google and AOL are among those going barefoot today to raise awareness of shoeless poor kids. If only there were some other way rich techies could help third world children, aside from disgustingly and dangerously removing their shoes!

Once in a while it's good to take a break from the snide and the sarcastic and do something good. In that spirit, we'd like to urge our New York readers to attend Skeletor Saves, a He-Man inspired art show, co-curated by our very own Brian Moylan, benefiting the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBT youth.

Roger Friedman is reporting that the Kabbalah Centre and Raising Malawi—a charity Madonna co-founded with Kabbalah guru Michael Berg—are under investigation by the IRS. According to Friedman, at least two people have been called before a grand jury to answer questions about both organizations.

Justin Bieber's hair sold for a staggering $40,668 on eBay when Ellen DeGeneres auctioned it off for charity. Now, it's traveling the country on its own mini US tour. Would you like your picture taken next to a little plastic box of Bieber's hair? Head on down to the Lucky Strikes Lanes & Lounge in Miami Beach next Tuesday. But it will cost you.

The Southern California chapter of a Muslim charity called Islamic Circle of North American Relief USA held an event in Orange County last month hoping to raise about $350,000 for "women's shelters, fighting hunger and homelessness in the area." So of course hundreds of people showed up to protest, chanting "go back home" and "Muhammad was a pervert."

Back in January, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's badass 1977 Peugeot 504 went up on the auction block to benefit disabled people in Tehran. Well, it sold! For $2.5 million. Who was the highest bidder? According to AFP:

Are you cursed with spoiled children, $25,000 to burn, and a desire to make your already-wealthy kids even more unbearable by marinating them in an all-encompassing sauce of privilege?

Barefoot Contessa star Ina Garten is a Gawker.TV favorite—remember?—and my personal hero. On yesterday's episode, Garten held a luncheon for some women who donated $100,000 to charity to eat her food. Oh, yeah—Alec Baldwin did the shopping.

Looking to have a nice little cry? Not a sad one, but a sort of sweet, hopeful, lump-in-the-throat kind of deal? Meet nine-year-old Isaac Saldana, who, behind his mother's back, sold his toys to donate $2.85 to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

On tonight's Factor, Bill O'Reilly responded to a ribbing that Stephen Colbert gave him last week. That part was boring. But then Ann Coulter came on to re-respond, and that part wasn't boring! Her attack on "stingy" liberals is inside.

We already know (because he told us) that Andy Rooney hates throwing things away. On tonight's 60 Minutes, we learned that—even if it's for charity—there's no way in hell Rooney will give anything to anybody—like, EVER. Watch inside.

The Gap is having branding problems. Two months after their logo misstep, they are now selling a "Made in USA" branded "FEED" bag. But, oh my, how awkward: The tag inside Gap's bag says it's actually made in China. Updated.

President Obama Jon Bon Jovi to the White House Council for Community Solutions. What will Jon do? Just shake his mane and talk about how great charity work is. Still, it's good to be wanted—dead or alive.

Just to be perfectly clear: yes, Save The Children has suddenly stopped its work in support of a tax on soda; but no, that's not connected to the huge monetary grant the group's seeking from the Coca-Cola corporation. Okay. [NYT]

Remember when "reality star" Kim Kardashian and other celebrities promised to stop Tweeting until a million dollars was raised for Alicia Keys' AIDS charity? Well, they finally reached their goal after a $500,000 donation from pharmaceutical exec Stewart Rahr.

Kim Kardashian and other celebrities pledged to stay "digitally dead"—off Twitter and Facebook—until the Keep a Child Alive foundation raised a million dollars. But after two days, the foundation is still nowhere near that!

Celebrities, including socialite Kim Kardashian, have quit Twitter until AIDS charity Keep a Child Alive raises a million dollars. A day later, they've got $105,484.03. It's a worthy cause, but this may not have been a winning gimmick, guys!

Meet Trevor Neilson. His job is helping famous people "build [their] brands" by finding charitable projects for them. He's the philanthropic powerbroker behind Angelina, Ashton, Demi, Shakira, and Bono. If he ever uses his powers for evil, we're screwed.

Macau casino owner Stanley Ho has a thing for truffles: The billionaire yesterday paid $330,000 for two giant white truffles from Italy—weighing a total of 2.87 pounds. He's done this before, too. Proceeds will go to charity.

After reading our post about Rachelle Friedman, the bride-to-be paralyzed from the neck down at her bachelorette party, Gawker commenter and designer jchen1 wanted to help. So he contacted Rachelle's aunt Laura and, with her assistance, built Rachelle a website.