Terms of Use

Thank you for joining us on the website of Hope for the Orphan!

This website is a reflection of the close working relationship of Idlewild Baptist Church (IBC) and The Idlewild Foundation (TIF). While we are two separate organizations, we have a common goal and mission and we both serve the one true and living God.

For more on Idlewild Baptist church, click here.

For more on The Idlewild Foundation, click here.

It is our express desire that at all times, the messages we display and the services we give be for the sole purpose of furthering the Gospel of Jesus Christ and giving praise to our Father.

You agree to the Following …

Any person who accesses areas of the this website other than this legal statement agrees to and is bound by these Terms of Use. The Idlewild Foundation, Inc. (“TIF”), a Florida not-for-profit corporation, and Idlewild Baptist Church (“IBC”) maintain this website (“Site”) for your personal information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse the Site. You may download material displayed on the Site for non-commercial personal use only, provided you also retain any and all copyright and other propriety notices contained in the materials. You may not, however, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, report, or use the contents of the Site for public or commercial purposes, without the prior written permission of The Idlewild Foundation. You agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly display any content from our website without our prior written permission, unless otherwise expressly stated in a specific place in the website (such as link art, media kits). If you do not wish to enter this Site and subject yourself to these Terms, but require some other form of assistance regarding this Site, you may forward any questions that you have about this Site or these Terms to:

John Campbell, Executive Director
The Idlewild Foundation
P.O. Box 1757 Tampa, FL 33548

Or:

Reno Zunz, Minister or Member Care
Idlewild Baptist Church
18333 Exciting Idlewild Blvd.
Lutz, FL 33548

DMCA Notice

You agree that you will not upload or transmit any communications or content of any type that infringe or violate any rights of any party. It is our commitment not to permit materials known by us to be infringing to remain on the Site. You should notify us promptly if you believe any materials on the Site, including advertisements, or materials available on or through links, frames, indexes and directories linked to this Site, infringe a third party copyright. Upon our receipt of a proper notice of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”), we will respond expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material claimed to be infringing and will follow the procedures specified in the DMCA to resolve the claim between the notifying party and the alleged infringer who provided the content at issue. Please contact us at the contact address listed on this page regarding any copyright infringement notices. It is our express practice to terminate our contractual relationships regarding content with third parties who repeatedly infringe the copyrights of others.

As Is and At Your Risk

Your browsing and use of the Site is at your risk. Neither TIF nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SITE, OUR SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING OUR NEGLIGENCE).

While we use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on the site, you expressly understand and agree that your use of our website is at your sole risk. The site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Nothing in this Terms of Use Agreement is or will be construed as a warranty or representation by us to you as to the marks. We make no representation or warranty that the site will meet your requirements, the site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, the results that may be obtained from the use of the site will be accurate or reliable, errors in any software used on the site will be corrected. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or through or from the site will create any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms. No one is authorized to make any other warranties on our behalf, or modify this warranty. We will not be liable for any abnormal usage, use or application for which the goods or service is not intended. Some states do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other legal rights which vary from state to state. We also assume no responsibility, and shall not be liable for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, including, but not limited to, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.

Nature of Communication

Any communication or material you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including but not limited to any data, questions, comments, suggestions, and the like, will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary. Anything you transmit may be used by us or our affiliates for any purpose, including but not limited to reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, and posting without liability or compensation. Furthermore, we are free to use any ideas, concepts, knowhow, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information without liability or compensation, unless a written agreement reserving rights to you is signed between you and us prior to the disclosure or transmittal.

Off-Site Links

We have not reviewed websites which may from time to time link to the Site and is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages or any other websites linked to the Site. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other websites is at your own risk, and subject to the “As Is and At Your Risk” paragraph above in these Terms.

Revisions

We may at any time revise these Terms by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically re-visit this page to review the then current Terms to which you are bound. They may be different on subsequent visits to this Site.

Your Responsibility

You assume all responsibility for use of the Site. You waive all claims against us, our managers, members, owners, employees, suppliers, retailers, vendors and software programmers that may arise from the utilization of the Site.

Software or Other Interference

You agree that you will not undertake any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our Site infrastructure, or harms our website in any way and indemnify us (including attorney’s fees) against same.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold us, our licensors, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, Trustees, agents, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand at law or in equity, including without limitation, any and all actual and consequential damages, lost profits, bodily injury, death, property damage, including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of this Site or breach of these Terms.

Legal Notices

Any legal notices to us by you shall be given only by postal mail to our address stated above. Given the number of persons with which we must communicate, it is our express intent not to incur any expense associated with delivery of physical notices to you, therefore, notice by us for all purposes may be communicated in any electronic form, including without limitation, automated telephone dialers, email, or posting on this website. Use of this website constitutes irrevocable acceptance by you to receive any notices from us by electronic transmission.

Waiver of Right to Jury Trial

YOU KNOWINGLY AND WILLINGLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT UNDER APPLICABLE LAW TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, YOUR INTERACTION WITH ANY OF THE PARTIES IDENTIFIED HEREIN, OR THE ISSUES RAISED BY ANY SUCH DISPUTE.

Social Media and Photographs

We also use various social media and services to better communicate with you and the public and to effectively promote and complete its mission and purpose. Included among the uses is the taking and display of photographs and videos during events at or involving TIF or Idlewild Baptist Church. You consent to that without any compensation.

Construction

Regardless that these Terms were initially drafted by us, you and we agree that any ambiguity herein shall not be construed by the parties, or any court against us, because your entry into and use of the Site and them is entirely voluntary, and you could have chosen not to enter the Site and subject yourself to them.

Governing Law and Venue

This Agreement situs is established in the State of Florida in the United States of America. You and we stipulate that all claims, causes of action at law, and lawsuits, whether in law, equity or tort, arising out of or relating to these Terms or any agreement incorporating them, your visit to this Site, services contained herein, and all questions concerning the meaning, intention, interpretation, performance or enforcement or validity of these Terms and any Agreement into which they are incorporated or which arises out of your visit to this Site, shall be judged and resolved in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida and applicable federal law and venue for all such matters and the determination of venue shall be in the state courts of the State of Florida, in Hillsborough County. No action or proceeding may be filed or brought in any other jurisdiction.

Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us and all prior and contemporaneous oral and written statements, promises, agreements, and understandings are incorporated herein, and no such agreements or representations are binding unless set forth herein. Other agreements on this site may supplement this agreement. Other agreements entered into between you and us, may incorporate these Terms by reference in which case they apply generally to that agreement and not only to use of this website.

Corporate Entity; Release

You acknowledge and agree that you are dealing with corporate entities, The Idlewild Foundation, Inc. and Idlewild Baptist Church, and that the persons who represent that corporation act on behalf of that corporation in their corporate capacities and not in their personal capacity. This provision is fundamental to your interaction with us in all manners. Therefore, in consideration for entering this Site, utilizing the products and services presented in the Site, or entering into any other agreement with us, you release and discharge the corporation’s officer, directors, shareholders, employees, Trustees, suppliers, and software programmers of and from any and all rights, claims, damages, demands, actions, causes of action, or suits in equity, of whatever kind or nature, and whether accruing now or in the future, and whether known or unknown to the parties, arising out of or relating to your use of this Site, the products and services presented in or obtained through this Site or offered by us, or any contract entered into with us Without limitation, this release as to individual liability extends to the following grounds: failure to clearly indicate a corporate capacity; failure to observe corporate formalities; corporate capitalization; non-filing of an Annual Return or Uniform Business Report with the Florida Secretary of the State; treating the corporation and an officer of director interchangeably or as an alter ego; tort; and indemnification.

General Matters

Headings. The headings above the various provisions herein are to make it easier to locate the subject matter covered by various provisions, and are not to be used in ascertaining or construing the intent of the Terms or the substantive content of a paragraph.

Waiver of Default. No waiver by either of us of any default or breach of any term, condition or covenant of this Agreement will be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach of the same or any other term, condition or covenant contained in this Agreement. Further, the failure of either of us to exercise rights under this Agreement upon the breach of any of the provisions hereof will not constitute a waiver of such breach or prevent enforcement of strict compliance with any and all terms hereof.

Invalid Provisions. Should any provision of these Terms be, become, or be declared invalid, unenforceable, or illegal, the remaining provisions shall be and continue in full force and effect, and the invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision shall be construed to the maximum extent possible to effectuate its intent and the intent of the rest of the Terms.

Modification. No person, employee, agent, sales representative, distributor, or retail merchant has the authority to verbally or in writing modify, waive or alter these Terms. No change or modification of these Terms shall be valid unless the same herein posted on this website, or is set forth in a separate written document signed by a properly qualified officer of both IBC and TIF listed as an officer with the Florida Department of State (see www.sunbiz.org). No other person has the actual authority to modify these Terms, and all apparent authority to do so is hereby publicly disavowed. ‘

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