Auction for Baldwin charity includes variety of VIP packages

NEW YORK -- William Baldwin is auctioning a day on the campaign trail with presidential hopeful John Edwards and a private falconry lesson with Robert Kennedy Jr. to raise funds for his mother's foundation.

Baldwin personally lined up the VIP packages for an online auction to benefit The Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund, which his mother established in 1996 after surviving breast cancer. Baldwin and his brother Alec Baldwin sit on the board of the foundation, which provides grants to researchers.

"I was very lucky ... to get a significant number of people on board and committed," Baldwin said in a recent interview. "And I think that sort of created somewhat of an aura, where people were like, 'You know, we wanna be in on this.'"

Baldwin, who stars on ABC's new show "Dirty Sexy Money," said he hustled friends and family -- in a nice way -- to book the packages, which are up for bid on the Charity Folks Web site, www.charityfolks.com, through the end of October.

Items also include a walk-on role on NBC's "30 Rock," which stars Alec Baldwin, and backstage passes to concerts by Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow.

There's also a chance to join Miley Cyrus -- Hannah Montana herself -- on tour for a day. "That's gonna go for a fortune," Baldwin said.