Children Mending Hearts honored Zendaya with the Empathy Rockstar Award at the 7th Annual “Empathy Rocks: A Day of Fun In the Sun and Giving Back” fundraiser presented by Material Girl and Michael Stars on June 14 in Malibu. Children Mending Hearts, which provides educational and creative opportunities to disadvantaged youth in the U.S. and around the world, also honored Ambassador Nicole Avant who received the Ambassador of Peace Award, actress Shay Mitchell who received the Global Citizen Award and the cast of MTV’s Teen Wolf who received the Cast of Heroes Award for exemplifying the organizations goals and values. Other celebs in attendance included Lucy Hale, Jesse McCartney, Randy Jackson and Holland Roden.

Empowering children worldwide to find and use their voices through creative expression through a variety of educational initiatives, Children Mending Hearts is focused on developing and funding educational and arts programs, giving children and teens the opportunity to develop empathy and global citizenry and directly engage them in global children’s causes. Proceeds from the event will go towards providing educational programs teaching the importance of empathy and global citizenry to at-risk kids.