Vehicle For Change provides a no upfront cost fundraising program designed for schools raising money for kids aged 18 and younger. This program is called PromiseThon.
PromiseThon is a service that enables Users to collect money for a specific purpose. Upon becoming a User through the Registration process, or a Sponsor through either the Donation process or comment process, you agree that PromiseThon may, in our sole discretion, modify the terms of this Agreement by updating the modified terms to the PromiseThon website. By continuing to use the product after registering you are accepting the modified Terms and Conditions of Service.
PromiseThon pages will be available for the public to see on the internet and may be indexed and returned in results by search engines such as Google. The public view of your fundraising page and therefore your activity is public information.
Student fundraising pages will only display the first name of the child. If additional privacy is desired, the Parents/Guardians have the option to add a nickname (or pseudonym) to display in place of the child's name.
Sponsors/Donors will have the option to make their donation public or anonymous.
PromiseThon Does No Solicitations
PromiseThon does not engage in any solicitation activities; such activities are carried out by our users on their own initiative. If you have any concerns that a law is being violated by our users, please report it to us immediately and we will work to address your concern.
Any emails collected during fundraising campaigns will be used exclusively for the stated campaign. PromiseThon and/or Vehicle For Change does not use these emails for marketing or solicitation purposes.
You may not use the PromiseThon service for activities that violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, post items that are considered obscene or that infringe or violate any copyright, trademark, right of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary right under the laws of any jurisdiction, post any sexually oriented materials or services, or show the personal information of third parties in violation of applicable law.
We encourage you to report violations of this Acceptable Use Policy to PromiseThon immediately.
PromiseThon reserves the right to delete User accounts at our discretion.
PromiseThon has the right to, though will not be obligated to, in PromiseThon's sole discretion, to remove any content or block any individual or entity for any reason.
You are fully responsible for any content you post. You agree by becoming a User that you will not:
The account holder and or school are independently responsible for complying with all applicable laws in all of your actions related to your use of Vehicle For Change - PromiseThon services, regardless of the purpose of the use.
As a condition of using our service, you represent to us that:
PromiseThon processes payment transactions through Stripe Merchant Services. Vehicle For Change and PromiseThon are not chartered banking entities. Vehicle For Change does not store credit card information nor can anyone associated with Vehicle For Change view any credit card numbers. This information is processed by Stripe Merchant Services as a 3rd-party payment processor. View Stripe Security Protocols
You agree not to hold Vehicle For Change or PromiseThon liable or responsible for any funds or tax obligations on those funds processed by a 3rd-party payment solutions.
Donors and Users agree not to involve PromiseThon in any litigation that occurs due to using the website.
PromiseThon will not be held liable for any loss or damage due to failure to comply to the terms of this agreement.
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OF OUR SERVICE OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE RELEASING US FROM ANY LIABILITY THAT WE MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO YOU IN RELATION TO OR ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR OUR PRODUCTS, FOR REASONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FAILURE OF OUR SERVICE, NEGLIGENCE, OR ANY OTHER TORT. TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW RESTRICTS THIS RELEASE OF LIABILITY, YOU AGREE THAT WE ARE ONLY LIABLE TO YOU FOR THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF DAMAGES THAT THE LAW RESTRICTS OUR LIABILITY TO, IF SUCH A MINIMUM EXISTS.
YOU AGREE THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR OFFERS MADE BY THIRD PARTIES THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. THIS INCLUDES ANY FAILURE OF ANY GOODS OR SERVICES TO MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY THIRD PARTY OFFERS THAT MAY TURN OUT TO BE FRAUDULENT, IRRESPONSIBLE, OR OTHERWISE ADVERTISED IN BAD FAITH.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILURES ON THE PART OF OUR THIRD PARTY PAYMENT PROCESSORS.
WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE OF THE GOODS OR SERVICES OF OUR COMPANY OR A THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING ANY FAILURES OR DISRUPTIONS, UNTIMELY DELIVERY, SCHEDULED OR UNSCHEDULED, INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL, ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH PREVENT ACCESS TO OUR WEBSITE TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY.
THE PROVISION OF OUR SERVICE TO YOU IS CONTINGENT ON YOUR AGREEMENT WITH THIS AND ALL OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. NOTHING IN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS “REPRESENTATIONS & WARRANTIES” SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THIS SECTION.
For Jurisdictions that do not allow us to limit our liability: Notwithstanding any provision of these Terms, if your jurisdiction has provisions specific to waiver or liability that conflict with the above then our liability is limited to the smallest extent possible by law. Specifically, in those jurisdictions not allowed, we do not disclaim liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by its negligence or that of any of its officers, employees or agents; or (b) fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) any liability which it is not lawful to exclude either now or in the future
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Vehicle For Change, Inc. employees, and Vehicle For Change, Inc. agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, costs, and disbursements, arising out of your use of the Web site, including but not limited to, out of your violation of any representation or warranty contained in these Terms and Conditions. In the event of a claim such as one described in this paragraph, we may elect to settle with the party/parties making the claim, and you shall be liable for the damages as though we had proceeded with a trial.
These Terms and Conditions and our provision of services to you shall be governed by the laws—state, federal, or otherwise—applicable in the State of Ohio.
Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms and Conditions or our provision of services to you must be resolved in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Ohio.
If you fail to bring a dispute in compliance with these “Forum of Dispute” provisions, we may make a motion to dismiss your claim, which you must consent to, and you will be responsible for all of our reasonable attorneys' fees, costs, and disbursements involved in making such a motion.
Additionally, the successful party in any dispute will be entitled to receive from the unsuccessful party all of its reasonable attorneys' fees, cost, and disbursements.
Electronic communications from PromiseThon will be sent to Users to inform them of a variety of events that inform them about the state of their event. You agree to allow PromiseThon to send these communications to your email address. You also agree that PromiseThon is not liable for any user generated content that is sent to you as a part of these communications.
You agree that you are liable for any communications you send to potential Sponsors promoting your event site. These communications include, but are not limited to, “share” emails sent through the PromiseThon and communications sent outside of the PromiseThon system.
In the event that a provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unlawful, conflicting with another provision of the Terms and Conditions, or otherwise unenforceable, the Terms and Conditions will remain in force as though they had been entered into without that unenforceable provision being included in it.
If two or more provisions are deemed to conflict with each other's operation, Vehicle For Change, Inc. shall have the sole right to elect which provision remains in force.
We may amend this Agreement from time to time. When we amend this Agreement, we will update this page and indicate the date that it was last modified. You may refuse to agree to the amendments, but if you do, you must immediately cease using our website and our service. You must visit this page each time you come to our website and read and agree to it if the date it was last modified is more recent than the last time you agreed to the Agreement.