By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 19:15 BST, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 07:39 BST, 8 June 2019
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She's endured her fair share of health issues, culminating in a 2017 kidney transplant.
And on Friday, Selena Gomez lent her star power to help other young people through their illness recovery, during the Big Slick 2019 Celebrity Weekend.
The 26-year-old singer posed happily with sick kids at the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.
Giving back: On Friday, Selena Gomez [L] lent her star power to help other young people through their illness recovery, during the Big Slick 2019 Celebrity Weekend
The Come & Get It hitmaker was on-brand for the meet and greet, sporting a Big Slick T-shirt with skinny blue jeans.
The ex-girlfriend of Justin Bieber wore her brunette tresses loose and with a center part as she hugged sick teens and kids at the event.
Gomez received a kidney transplant from actress and friend Francia Raisa in 2017, after being diagnosed with lupus around 2013.
During the transplant, Selena broke an artery, leading surgeons to create a new artery from a vein in the actress' leg.
All smiles: The 26-year-old singer posed happily with sick kids at the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City
White on: The Come & Get It hitmaker was on-brand for the meet and greet, sporting a Big Slick T-shirt with skinny blue jeans
Good hair day: The ex-girlfriend of Justin Bieber wore her brunette tresses loose and with a center part as she hugged