On April 20, the Ryan Seacrest Foundation announced Selena Gomez as their first celebrity ambassador.

During a visit to “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” Friday, Gomez and Seacrest made the announcement. The “American Idol” host stated, “We have invited Selena to be an official ambassador to the Ryan Seacrest Foundation, because she does such amazing work, and the kids absolutely melt when your around. Thank you for accepting that!

In addition to the on air announcement,  the foundation’s website read:

<blockquote><em>Selena has been an amazing supporter of our foundation and has brought smiles to countless faces at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  We are so excited she will continue to do so at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Children’s Hospital of Orange County and Boston Children’s Hospital, where we will build three new broadcast media centers.

Read more here.