Scott Baio and Wife Sell Baby Items for Charity Bailey Baio Foundation

Scott Baio and his wife Renee raised over $16,000 for the Bailey Baio Foundation by selling celebrity baby hand-me-downs. The couple were inspired to start the foundation after their daughter, Bailey, tested positive for a potentially fatal metabolic disorder. Their only child together turned out to be perfectly healthy. They raised these funds in a matter of six hours!

“I thought that a celebrity baby yard sale was be the perfect way to raise money,” said Renee Baio, who started the foundation with her husband to promote newborn screening and to help families with children who have metabolic disorders. “Being married to a celebrity, you get to see how much stuff you actually get for their kids. So it seemed a natural to marry the two.”

Featuring the finest toys and togs enjoyed by celebrity offspring, The Celebrity Baby Yard Sale also sold new clothes from trendy Hollywood boutiquest like Mabel’s Labels, Ju-Ju-Be and BuckleyBoo. The sale also featured 500 new pairs of shoes donated by sponsor StrideRite.

Hot celebaby items up for grabs at the sale included a classic car-shaped baby bouncer that Dennis and Kimberly Quaid used for their twins, an outdoor play structure that once belonged to actress Kristy Swanson’s son, and pajamas previously worn by the daughter of Dancing With the Stars host Samantha Harris.

Dance tropp, The Jumpitz, entertained the crowd, much to the delight of Jason Prisetley’s daughter Ava, Marissa Jaret Winokur’s son Zev, and Larry Birkhead with Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Dannielynn. After the show, everyone went back into buying – or at least that’s what the Baio family hoped for. “We have to sell it all or I am in deep do-do with Scott,” joked Renee.

To buy leftover items and get more information about an eBay store that will feature other items next month, visit the Bailey Baio Foundation Web site.