There are all sorts of fund raisers, but this has got to be a first. Star Trek alum Shatner explained the transaction with his usual goofy humor:

Going maybe where no other actor has gone before, Star Trek star William Shatner has sold a piece of his body for charity.

Shatner, famed for playing Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise in the original Star Trek TV series, sold his kidney stone to online casino GoldenPalace.Com for $25,000. The money will be donated by Shatner to Habitat for Humanity to build houses for the poor.

But Shatner said it wasn’t easy parting with a kidney stone, even if it had already left his body. He also said he would never sell unless he had visitation rights.

We guess bake sales are passé.

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