NEW YORK - TV star Cameron Mathison is putting himself up for auction.

The star of ABC soap opera "All My Children" is offering private dance lessons and the opportunity to perform at a benefit show in New York to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, an industry-based HIV/AIDS fundraising organization.

Mathison, 38, competed on "Dancing With the Stars" last season and was kicked off just before the semifinals.

He will host the March 2 benefit show, which will feature ABC Daytime soap stars and co-hosts of "The View." Money from his auction also will go to the charity.

The winning bidder for the dance lessons will be flown to New York "for a few days' rehearsals, and I will teach them how to do a dance with myself," Mathison said.

"Really, there's a secret here that my dance partner from 'Dancing With the Stars,' Edyta Sliwinska, is going to be coming in and really be the one to teach us, that's why I was smiling when I said that," he said.

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On the Net: Cameron Mathison: http://officialcameronmathison.com/

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS: http://www.broadwaycares.org/events/ABCDaytime.cfm