Debby Ryan from
Jessie,
Shake It Up stars,
Bella
Thorne and
Zendaya, and
Ross Lynch and
Laura Marano from
Austin and
Ally teamed up with more than 100 youth leaders from all over the globe
this past weekend for a two-day celebration at the Walt Disney World Resort.
The celebration was put together to give kudos to heroes and heroines making
efforts to save the earth, as well as organizations dedicated to helping kids
get involved with nature.
So
what exactly went down? On Friday, the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund
Awards Ceremony not only had a speech by Robert A. Iger, The Walt Disney
Company’s Chairman and CEO, but the McClain sisters also took to the stage,
performing their hit song “Rise,” featured in Disnynature’s upcoming Chimpanzee (in theaters April 20), which
also made its world premiere that day.
Hosted
by Radio Disney’s prime celebrity, Ernie D, the Disney Friends for Change Youth
Summit was then held on Saturday for the stars to help the leaders in progress
be inspired to think creatively and focus on solutions for positive impact
throughout the world. They took part in discussions, panels and workshops to
picture the future of their planet and talk about efforts for conservation,
walking away with tonsa fresh ideas.
Did
you know that, up until now, kids in 33 countries have worked on five million
projects through Friends for Change, and $4.5 million have been donated to
nonprofits by those projects. So cool, right? Want more cool deets on how you,
too, can be a part of the action? CLICK
HERE.
Snag a peek at
what happened during this past weekend’s events below…
What
are you doing to help save our planet? Blog about it, babes.