Ryan Newman Pictures: Ryan Newman attends the Brent Shapiro Foundation's Summer Spectacular at a private residence on September 11, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California.
The Brent Shapiro Foundation's goal is to conquer alcohol and drug dependency by turning the fear, grief and helplessness caused from this disease into awareness, compassion and support. The foundation believes that the solution to this problem is from an approach of educating, parents, teachers and children about this disease. The foundation was created to honor attorney Robert Shapiro's son Brent, who died of a drug overdose in 2005 at the age of 24.