So much love. Descendants Disney Channel stars and alumni gathered at the Cam for a Cause event honoring the late Cameron Boyce, which took place in Los Angeles, California on Thursday, June 1.
Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson And Booboo Stewart posed together on the red carpet remembering the fourth member of the Descendants Naughty children. The trio and Cameron starred as Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos, respectively, in the Disney Channel original movie series, which aired on the network from 2015 to 2019.
Cameron died at the age of 20 on July 6, 2019. His family later confirmed that he died “due to a seizure resulting from an ongoing health condition, and that condition was epilepsy” , in a press release obtained by E! News at the time.
Since his passing, his famous parents and friends have established the Cameron Boyce Foundation, which aims “to cure epilepsy by funding research, education and awareness campaigns while continuing to support causes that were important to Cameron.” , we can read on the foundation’s website. Every year they hold the Cam for a Cause event, which is a fundraiser to raise money for the foundation.
This year’s event saw Yara Shahidi receiving the first-ever Youth Empowerment Award, created in Cameron’s honor and given to “an extraordinary young person dedicated to making a difference in the world.” Cameron’s sister Maya received the award Cultivated actress with the award during the event.
“It is such an honor to be the recipient of the inaugural Youth Empowerment Award,” Yara said in a statement. Hello America. “I met Cameron when we were 5 years old, and even then his talent, his fearlessness and his belief in the power of his peers were evident.”
The statement continued: “It means so much to be recognized for my advocacy and the work I continue to do to bring about change. I am grateful to my friends and family at the Cameron Boyce Foundation for thinking of me, as I will always be inspired and energized by their incredible work in the fight to end epilepsy.
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So much love. Descendants Disney Channel stars and alumni gathered at the Cam for a Cause event honoring the late Cameron Boyce, which took place in Los Angeles, California on Thursday, June 1.
Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson And Booboo Stewart posed together on the red carpet remembering the fourth member of the Descendants Naughty children. The trio and Cameron starred as Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos, respectively, in the Disney Channel original movie series, which aired on the network from 2015 to 2019.
Cameron died at the age of 20 on July 6, 2019. His family later confirmed that he died “due to a seizure resulting from an ongoing health condition, and that condition was epilepsy” , in a press release obtained by E! News at the time.
Since his passing, his famous parents and friends have established the Cameron Boyce Foundation, which aims “to cure epilepsy by funding research, education and awareness campaigns while continuing to support causes that were important to Cameron.” , we can read on the foundation’s website. Every year they hold the Cam for a Cause event, which is a fundraiser to raise money for the foundation.
This year’s event saw Yara Shahidi receiving the first-ever Youth Empowerment Award, created in Cameron’s honor and given to “an extraordinary young person dedicated to making a difference in the world.” Cameron’s sister Maya received the award Cultivated actress with the award during the event.
“It is such an honor to be the recipient of the inaugural Youth Empowerment Award,” Yara said in a statement. Hello America. “I met Cameron when we were 5 years old, and even then his talent, his fearlessness and his belief in the power of his peers were evident.”
The statement continued: “It means so much to be recognized for my advocacy and the work I continue to do to bring about change. I am grateful to my friends and family at the Cameron Boyce Foundation for thinking of me, as I will always be inspired and energized by their incredible work in the fight to end epilepsy.
Scroll through our gallery to see photos from the Cam for a Cause event.
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