Sopranos stars help out family with surgery bills!

Tony 'Paulie Walnuts' Sirico and Joseph 'Vito Spatafore' Gannascoli joined more than 1,000 people at a Long Island pub and brought posters autographed by the cast and a script from the pilot to auction off for money to help with the family`s medical bills, the New York Post reported Wednesday.

'It`s a chance to help a little kid and his family,' Sirico said.

Joseph Hopkins has undergone a series of brain operations in an effort halt seizures caused by tuberous sclerosis, a disease that causes tumors to grow throughout the body, the newspaper said.

The boy`s father, a New York police detective, is now facing a mound of medical bills not covered by insurance.

A fund has been set up in New Jersey: The Joseph Hopkins Medical Fund, c/o The National Police Defense Foundation, P.O. Box 318, Englishtown, N.J. 07726.