We need your help! Carousel Child Advocacy Center seeks your support to continue our core child advocacy center (CAC) services. This includes all of our free, trauma-focused programs serving vulnerable children and families: Forensics, Child and Family Advocacy, and Therapy.

Our largest federal grant through the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) has drastically been reduced by 61%. Your funds will help us respond to the critical needs of over 500 child victims, plus their families, each year through the following actions: conduct a forensic interview, deliver wraparound services to stabilize the family and keep the child safe, and provide free therapy to heal from trauma. We face the reality that without your support, we will be forced to cut services and turn away families in crisis. We hope that we can count on you so that no family has to be put on a waiting list or turned away when they need us the most.

Thank you for being so committed to Keeping Kids Safe.

Be an Everyday Hero. Help a Child Heal.

You are Working for Justice.
You are Protecting Children.
Every year, Carousel sees about 500 new child survivors of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. Because of your generosity, the Carousel Child Advocacy Center provides Child Medical Exams and forensic interviews that assist law enforcement and District Attorney’s offices in holding child abuse offenders accountable. You can help them along the long road of healing ahead of them.

You are Helping Children Heal.
You are Restoring Lives. 
Access to specialized mental health services is critical for abused children and their families to move forward in the healing process. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood. ACEs can include violence, abuse, and growing up in a family with

You can Help End the Cycle of Abuse.
You are Battling Abuse.
Because of your donations, Carousel has professional child therapists trained to provide healing trauma therapy tailored to the unique needs and situations of the children. Because of your support, all therapy sessions are offered regardless of a family’s ability to pay or insurance status.

Here are a few examples of how your donation will be put to work:
$10 Give. Every. Month. Be a G.E.M.
$10 a month = $120 a year! You can provide one session of evidence-based child therapy services for a child survivor and their non-offending adult caregiver so they can concentrate on doing the hard work of healing.

$50 Will provide much-needed tools used during therapy, such as art supplies, games, and coloring books, to help children do the hard work of healing.

$500 ($42 a month) You can provide Prevention Education workbooks to 63 adults in our community to empower them to recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse through awareness and stigma reduction.

$1,000 ($84 a month) You can provide one complete Child Medical Exam and Forensic Interview with family advocacy services, court accompaniment, and expert testimony.

$2500 ($209 a month) Will provide a full course of TF-CBT Trauma Therapy by licensed experienced therapists.

$5000 ($417 a month) You can provide a complete Child Medical Exam, Forensic Interview, wrap-around family advocacy services, and a full-course of Trauma Therapy.

Be an Everyday Hero. Help a Child Heal. You can give the gift of healing, justice, and resilience.

Create Great Childhoods; restore hope

Mail a check to:

The Carousel Center
1501 Dock St
Wilmington, NC  28401

Your tax-deductible donation to Carousel Child Advocacy Center goes to work immediately and powers our mission to help child survivors heal from abuse.

Accredited by National Children's Alliance
Partner In Prevention
United Way of the Cape Fear

Thank you for your support of the Carousel Center!

Refund Policy

The Carousel Center (TCC) relies on the generosity of its donors to support the services we offer to abused and neglected children in the Cape Fear region. We work hard to be good stewards of every donation, and we want every donor to be completely satisfied with their support of our mission.

 TCC will gladly give you a full refund for any donation or purchase within the following guidelines. If you have any questions, please contact the Development Manager at 910.254.9898 or [email protected].

Donation Refund

You must request a refund in writing within 30 days of TCC’s receipt of your donation.
TCC will make refunds in the manner in which they were given (see “Refund Timelines” below).

Event Ticket Refund

TCC reserves the right to cancel, reschedule or limit the attendance of any official TCC event.

If TCC cancels an event, we will make every effort to give registrants at least 24 hours’ notice.

  • Registrants have the option to receive a refund or convert their ticket to a tax-deductible donation to support TCC’s services.

If TCC postpones or reschedules an event, you have several options:

  • You can use your sponsorship/ticket at the rescheduled event (please retain your receipt).
  • You may convert your sponsorship/ticket to a tax-deductible donation to TCC, and we will send you a tax receipt.
  • You can give your ticket(s) to friends or business associates. (If you select this option, please contact TCC with the guest(s)’ names.)
  • You can request a refund in writing up to five (5) business days prior to the rescheduled or postponed event, and TCC will issue a full refund.

Note: TCC cannot refund tickets or donations to “third party” or non-TCC-controlled events.

Refund Timeframes

  • TCC will refund check or cash donations within 10 business days of receipt of a written refund request.
  • TCC will refund EFT and credit card purchases within two business days of a written refund request.

adopted March 17, 2020