Terms and Conditions

Last updated: September 16, 2026

Welcome to the websites of Hope For Haiti Incorp. ("Hope For Haiti," "we," "us," or "our"). These Website Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of hope-for-haiti.net and hopeforhaitimission.org, including all pages, content, features, forms, media, and materials made available through those websites (collectively, the "Website").

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Website.

These Terms apply only to your use of the Website. They do not govern Hope For Haiti's charitable programs, donations, fundraising practices, beneficiaries, volunteers, employees, contractors, board members, vendors, offline activities, internal operations, or other organizational matters. Those matters may be subject to separate policies, agreements, disclosures, or legal requirements.

Website Purpose

The Website is provided for general informational, educational, and communication purposes. It may provide information about Hope For Haiti, its mission, activities, updates, events, resources, and ways to contact the organization.

Information on the Website is not intended to create a contractual relationship, professional relationship, fiduciary relationship, employment relationship, volunteer relationship, or other legal relationship between you and Hope For Haiti unless a separate written agreement expressly states otherwise.

Changes to the Website and Terms

We may update, revise, suspend, remove, or discontinue any part of the Website at any time, with or without notice. We do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will always be available, complete, accurate, current, secure, or free from interruption.

We may revise these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated Terms on this page and update the "Last updated" date above. Your continued use of the Website after revised Terms are posted means that you accept the revised Terms, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Acceptable Use

You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe, restrict, disrupt, or interfere with the rights of others or the operation of the Website.

You agree not to:

• Use the Website in violation of any applicable law, regulation, or third-party right.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, its server, accounts, systems, databases, or networks connected to the Website.
• Introduce viruses, malware, ransomware, spyware, malicious code, or other harmful material.
• Interfere with, damage, disable, overload, or disrupt the Website or its security features.
• Use automated tools, bots, scrapers, spiders, crawlers, or data-mining tools to access, copy, monitor, or collect Website content without our prior written permission, except for legitimate search-engine indexing consistent with standard robots.txt directives.
• Impersonate Hope For Haiti, a representative of Hope For Haiti, another user, or any other person or organization.
• Use the Website to send unsolicited communications, spam, chain letters, surveys, promotional material, or commercial solicitations.
• Post, submit, transmit, or distribute material that is unlawful, threatening, defamatory, harassing, hateful, obscene, sexually explicit, misleading, fraudulent, or otherwise objectionable.
• Use the Website to infringe intellectual-property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or other legal rights of any person or entity.

Website Content and Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the Website and its content—including text, articles, copy, graphics, logos, photographs, videos, audio, designs, layouts, page elements, downloadable materials, and other materials—are owned by or licensed to Hope For Haiti and are protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws.

You may view, download, and print Website content for your personal, non-commercial, informational use only, provided that you do not remove copyright, trademark, attribution, or other proprietary notices.

Except as expressly permitted in these Terms or with our prior written permission, you may not copy, reproduce, republish, modify, distribute, display, perform, transmit, create derivative works from, sell, license, exploit, or otherwise use Website content for commercial or public purposes.

The names "Hope For Haiti," Hope For Haiti logos, and other names, logos, slogans, graphics, and marks displayed on the Website may be trademarks or service marks of Hope For Haiti or their respective owners. Nothing in these Terms grants you a license or right to use any trademark, logo, or other brand element without prior written permission from the applicable owner.

Comments, Messages, and User Submissions

The Website may allow visitors to submit comments, contact-form messages, testimonials, suggestions, photographs, questions, or other content ("User Submissions"). You are responsible for the User Submissions you provide through the Website.

We may, but are not obligated to, monitor, review, edit, refuse, or remove User Submissions at any time and for any reason, including when we believe a submission is inappropriate, offensive, misleading, unlawful, harmful, spam, or inconsistent with these Terms.

By submitting User Submissions through the Website, you represent and warrant that:

• You have the right to submit the User Submission and have all necessary rights, permissions, licenses, and consents to do so.
• Your User Submission does not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate another person's copyright, trademark, patent, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights.
• Your User Submission does not contain defamatory, libelous, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, obscene, indecent, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable material.
• Your User Submission does not contain confidential information belonging to another person or organization unless you have authorization to provide it.
• Your User Submission is not false, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, or intended to impersonate another person or entity.
• Your User Submission is not used to promote commercial activity, solicit business, distribute spam, conduct unlawful activity, or promote products or services without our prior written approval.

Except where a separate written agreement states otherwise, by submitting a User Submission through the Website, you grant Hope For Haiti a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to receive, store, reproduce, use, display, edit, adapt, publish, distribute, and otherwise use that User Submission as reasonably necessary to operate the Website, respond to your inquiry, maintain Website security, and administer Website communications.

For public comments, testimonials, photographs, stories, or other material that you intentionally submit for publication on the Website, you grant Hope For Haiti a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to reproduce, edit, display, publish, distribute, and use that material in connection with the Website and Hope For Haiti communications, unless a separate written agreement provides otherwise.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information, confidential information, financial information, payment-card information, medical information, government identification numbers, or other information that you do not want disclosed or processed through a standard Website contact form.

Links to Our Website

You may link to the Website's home page or other publicly available Website pages if the link is lawful and fair, does not damage or take advantage of our reputation, and does not falsely suggest that Hope For Haiti sponsors, endorses, approves of, or is affiliated with your website, organization, products, services, or content.

Without prior written approval, the following organizations may link to the Website in a manner consistent with these Terms:

• Government agencies.
• Search engines.
• News organizations.
• Online directory distributors linking to the Website in the same manner in which they link to other listed organizations.
• Educational institutions and trade associations.
• Organizations providing general charitable, community, consumer, or business information, provided that the link is not misleading or harmful to Hope For Haiti.

Other organizations may request permission to link to the Website by contacting us. Please include your name, organization name, contact information, the URL of your website, the page or pages from which you intend to link, and the Website page or pages you want to link to.

We may approve or deny linking requests in our discretion. We may request that you remove a link to the Website at any time. If we make such a request, you agree to remove the link promptly.

You may link to the Website using:

• The name "Hope For Haiti."
• The applicable Website address or URL.
• A truthful description of the Website that makes sense within the context of your content.

You may not use Hope For Haiti's logo, artwork, trademarks, or other brand elements in connection with a link without our prior written permission or a separate trademark-license agreement.

No Framing

Without our prior written permission, you may not create frames around Website pages or use techniques that alter, obscure, imitate, or misrepresent the visual presentation, appearance, branding, or content of the Website.

Third-Party Links and Content

The Website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, services, or resources. These links are provided for convenience only. Hope For Haiti does not control, endorse, sponsor, guarantee, or assume responsibility for third-party websites, content, products, services, availability, privacy practices, terms, security, or accuracy.

Your use of third-party websites or services is at your own risk and subject to the third party's terms, policies, and practices. You should review those terms and privacy policies before using a third-party website or submitting information to it.

We are not responsible for content that appears on websites that link to the Website. You agree to protect and defend Hope For Haiti from claims arising from content on your website that is defamatory, obscene, unlawful, infringing, misleading, or otherwise violates a third party's rights.

Website Information Disclaimer

The Website and its content are provided for general informational purposes only. Although we make reasonable efforts to provide useful and accurate information, we do not represent or warrant that Website content is complete, accurate, reliable, current, error-free, or suitable for any particular purpose.

Website content may be changed, removed, or updated without notice. You are responsible for evaluating whether information on the Website is appropriate for your circumstances.

The Website does not provide legal, tax, accounting, medical, financial, investment, immigration, mental-health, or other professional advice. You should consult a qualified professional for advice tailored to your situation.

Nothing on the Website should be interpreted as a promise, guarantee, representation, or commitment regarding charitable programs, services, outcomes, availability, eligibility, funding, future activities, or organizational decisions.

Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Website and all Website content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise.

Without limiting the foregoing, Hope For Haiti disclaims all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, availability, security, and freedom from viruses or other harmful components.

We do not guarantee that the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free, free of harmful components, or available at all times or in all locations.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Hope For Haiti and its directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, contractors, service providers, and representatives will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising from or related to your access to, use of, inability to use, or reliance on the Website or any Website content.

This limitation includes, without limitation, damages for loss of data, loss of profits, loss of goodwill, business interruption, computer damage, system failure, or other intangible losses, even if Hope For Haiti has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded, including liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or other liability that applicable law does not permit us to disclaim.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Hope For Haiti and its directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, contractors, service providers, and representatives from and against claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to:

• Your use of the Website.
• Your violation of these Terms.
• Your violation of a law, regulation, or third-party right.
• Your User Submissions or other information you submit through the Website.
• Your misuse of Website content, trademarks, logos, or other intellectual property.

Privacy

Your use of the Website is also subject to our Website Privacy Policy. The Website Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose information collected through the Website, including information submitted through Website forms and information collected through Google Analytics and cookies.

Please update the link above if the Website Privacy Policy uses a different page address.

Termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to all or part of the Website at any time, with or without notice, if we believe that you have violated these Terms, created a security risk, infringed rights, interfered with the Website, or used the Website in an unlawful or harmful manner.

Termination or restriction of access does not limit any other right or remedy available to Hope For Haiti.

Governing Law and Venue

These Terms and your use of the Website are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

To the extent a dispute related to these Terms or the Website is not resolved informally, you agree that any legal action or proceeding will be brought exclusively in a state or federal court located in Michigan, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of those courts.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Website Privacy Policy and any other legal notices posted on the Website, constitute the entire agreement between you and Hope For Haiti regarding your use of the Website.

Contact Us

If you have questions about these Website Terms and Conditions, want to request permission to use Website content, or want to request approval to link to the Website, contact us:

Mail: Hope For Haiti Incorp., PO Box 99365, Troy, MI 48099-9365

Through the Website: https://hopeforhaitimission.org

Website Contact Forms and Messages

If you submit a message, question, or other information through a Website contact form, you are responsible for the information you provide. Please do not submit confidential, financial, payment-card, medical, or other sensitive personal information through a standard Website contact form.

You represent that information you submit through the Website is accurate to the best of your knowledge and that you have the right to provide it. You may not use Website forms to send spam, unsolicited commercial messages, unlawful material, threatening or abusive content, or content that infringes another person's rights.

We may use and retain Website messages as reasonably necessary to respond to your inquiry, operate and secure the Website, and maintain records of Website communications, as described in our Website Privacy Policy.