Caroline Sunshine, alongside with her Shake It Up costar Kenton Duty, attended the Children Mending Hearts 4th Annual Spring Benefit on April 22, 2012 in Pacific Palisades, California. The event featured art, music, photography, games and food with each activity allowing participants to create gifts for at risk youth in Haiti. Honorees at the event were Pro surfer & shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton and Carson Meyer, teenage daughter of Universal Studios head Ron Meyer.

Also in attendance at the event were Stefanie Scott, Tobey Maguire, Ben Affleck, Nathan Kress, Lexi Ainsworth and many more!

Children Mending Hearts is dedicated to empowering disadvantaged youth through educational and arts programs that build empathy and global citizenry. They aim to engage the youth of America in global children’s causes where they can positively impact the life of another child and ultimately realize their potential to effect change both in their own community and around the world.