About this Event
Heart of the Matter: Tin Man Awards and Fundraising Luncheon
Carousel Child Advocacy Center continues the fight to help child survivors heal from physical and sexual abuse.
Join us as we stand together for healing, justice, resilience, and prevention to create a safer, stronger community for every child.
Help us raise $100,000 at this event!
February 10, 2026
11 am - Doors open and buffet lunch begins
11:30 am - 1:30 pm - Program
Wilmington Convention Center
Your sponsorship or table host commitment directly supports the Carousel Child Advocacy Center, ensuring child victims of abuse receive forensic services and healing therapy along with providing child abuse prevention education to our community.
Tin Man Awards
We will shine a light on individuals in our community who make a difference in the lives of child survivors of abuse.
Questions?
Contact Laura Pawlewicz, Development Coordinator:
910-254-9898 or laura.pawlewicz@CarouselCenter.org
Want to pay by check?
Please make check out to:
Carousel Child Advocacy Center
Mail to:
1501 Dock St
Wilmington, NC 28401
Our Keynote Speaker:
Danielle Saintard Valiente is a passionate entrepreneur, published author, inspirational speaker, and dedicated philanthropist in Wilmington, NC.
As a child, Danielle was a perfectionist—overachieving and overcommitting to hide the chaos and abuse at home. For 18 years, she lived two lives: one in darkness and one in light.
At 13, inspired by Trading Spaces, Danielle decided to become an interior designer to give others what she never had—a home. At 29, she faced her past and now uses her story to educate, empower, and enlighten others about prevention, awareness, and intervention.
Danielle has pivoted her life 180 degrees, finding purpose in her past and using it as fuel for her future.
About this Event
Heart of the Matter: Tin Man Awards and Fundraising Luncheon
Carousel Child Advocacy Center continues the fight to help child survivors heal from physical and sexual abuse.
Join us as we stand together for healing, justice, resilience, and prevention to create a safer, stronger community for every child.
Help us raise $100,000 at this event!
February 10, 2026
11 am - Doors open and buffet lunch begins
11:30 am - 1:30 pm - Program
Wilmington Convention Center
Your sponsorship or table host commitment directly supports the Carousel Child Advocacy Center, ensuring child victims of abuse receive forensic services and healing therapy along with providing child abuse prevention education to our community.
Tin Man Awards
We will shine a light on individuals in our community who make a difference in the lives of child survivors of abuse.
Questions?
Contact Laura Pawlewicz, Development Coordinator:
910-254-9898 or laura.pawlewicz@CarouselCenter.org
Want to pay by check?
Please make check out to:
Carousel Child Advocacy Center
Mail to:
1501 Dock St
Wilmington, NC 28401
Our Keynote Speaker:
Danielle Saintard Valiente is a passionate entrepreneur, published author, inspirational speaker, and dedicated philanthropist in Wilmington, NC.
As a child, Danielle was a perfectionist—overachieving and overcommitting to hide the chaos and abuse at home. For 18 years, she lived two lives: one in darkness and one in light.
At 13, inspired by Trading Spaces, Danielle decided to become an interior designer to give others what she never had—a home. At 29, she faced her past and now uses her story to educate, empower, and enlighten others about prevention, awareness, and intervention.
Danielle has pivoted her life 180 degrees, finding purpose in her past and using it as fuel for her future.