Last Updated: August 15, 2026
Welcome to the website of Mending Hearts for Mason (“Mending Hearts for Mason,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of our website and its content, features, and services (collectively, the “Site”).
By accessing or using the Site, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Site.
1. About Mending Hearts for Mason
Mending Hearts for Mason is a nonprofit organization. The Site is intended to provide information about our organization, mission, activities, programs, events, resources, and ways to communicate with or support us.
Information provided through the Site is for general informational purposes only.
2. Permitted Use
You may use the Site for lawful, personal, and noncommercial purposes consistent with the mission and activities of Mending Hearts for Mason.
You agree not to:
- Use the Site for any unlawful, fraudulent, abusive, or harmful purpose
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, its servers, accounts, or systems
- Interfere with the operation or security of the Site
- Introduce viruses, malicious code, automated attacks, or other harmful technology
- Scrape, harvest, or systematically collect information from the Site without permission
- Impersonate another individual or organization
- Submit false, misleading, defamatory, threatening, abusive, or unlawful material
- Use the Site in a manner intended to harass, intimidate, burden, or harm Mending Hearts for Mason or another person
We may restrict or terminate access to the Site if we reasonably believe these Terms have been violated.
3. Website Content
We make reasonable efforts to provide accurate and useful information, but we do not guarantee that all information on the Site will always be complete, accurate, current, or error-free.
Content may be changed, corrected, removed, or updated at any time without notice.
Nothing on the Site should be considered medical, legal, financial, mental health, or other professional advice. You should consult an appropriate qualified professional when making decisions requiring professional guidance.
4. Comments and User-Submitted Content
The Site may allow visitors to submit comments, messages, or other content.
You are responsible for anything you submit. You agree not to submit content that:
- Violates the rights of another person
- Contains unlawful, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or abusive material
- Contains private or confidential information that you do not have permission to disclose
- Contains spam, advertising, malicious links, or harmful software
- Misrepresents your identity or relationship with another person or organization
We reserve the right, but do not assume the obligation, to review, edit, decline, or remove comments or other submitted content at our discretion.
By posting content publicly on the Site, you grant Mending Hearts for Mason a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to display, reproduce, and use that content as reasonably necessary to operate and maintain the Site.
5. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, the Site and its original content, including text, graphics, logos, photographs, designs, and other materials, are owned by or licensed to Mending Hearts for Mason and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You may view, download, or print reasonable portions of the Site for your personal, noncommercial use.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, sell, commercially exploit, or create derivative works from our content without prior written permission, except as otherwise permitted by law.
6. Third-Party Websites and Services
The Site may contain links to websites, services, social media platforms, or resources operated by third parties.
Those third parties operate independently from Mending Hearts for Mason. We do not control and are not responsible for their content, availability, security, privacy practices, or terms.
A link to another website does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of that website, organization, product, or service.
7. Email and Other Communications
If you sign up for our newsletter or other communications, you may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time. Information you submit through the Site is also subject to our Privacy Policy.
8. No Warranties
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Site and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
Mending Hearts for Mason makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding the Site, including warranties concerning its accuracy, availability, reliability, security, suitability for a particular purpose, or freedom from errors or harmful components.
We do not guarantee uninterrupted access to the Site or that every feature will always operate as intended.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Mending Hearts for Mason and its directors, officers, volunteers, employees, representatives, and agents will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to your use of, inability to use, or reliance upon the Site.
This includes, without limitation, damages resulting from errors, interruptions, lost information, third-party content, unauthorized access, or reliance upon information appearing on the Site.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
10. Contact Us Before Bringing a Claim
We want a reasonable opportunity to address problems before they become legal disputes.
If you believe you have a claim, dispute, complaint, or other legal concern arising out of or relating to the Site or these Terms, you agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to first contact Mending Hearts for Mason in writing and provide us with a reasonable description of the issue.
Your notice should include:
- Your name and contact information
- A description of the issue or alleged harm
- The relevant facts and circumstances
- The resolution you are requesting
After we receive your written notice, you agree to give Mending Hearts for Mason at least thirty (30) days to investigate the matter and attempt to correct, resolve, or otherwise address the issue before initiating a lawsuit or other formal legal proceeding.
During this 30-day period, both you and Mending Hearts for Mason agree to make a good-faith effort to resolve the matter informally.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, completion of this notice and 30-day resolution process is a condition that must be satisfied before you initiate legal proceedings arising from your use of the Site or these Terms.
This provision does not prevent either party from seeking immediate relief when such relief is legally necessary to prevent imminent or irreparable harm, and it does not limit any right that applicable law does not permit you to waive.
11. Good-Faith Disputes and Frivolous Claims
Mending Hearts for Mason believes disputes should be addressed reasonably, proportionately, and in good faith.
You agree not to initiate or pursue a claim or legal proceeding for the primary purpose of harassing, intimidating, maliciously injuring, imposing unnecessary costs upon, or causing unnecessary delay to Mending Hearts for Mason or anyone associated with the organization.
Nothing in these Terms prevents Mending Hearts for Mason from seeking any remedy available under applicable law in response to frivolous, abusive, malicious, or bad-faith litigation.
Where authorized by law, Mending Hearts for Mason expressly reserves the right to seek sanctions, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses, or other relief arising from frivolous or improper legal conduct.
Likewise, nothing in this section prevents a person from bringing a legitimate claim supported by a good-faith factual and legal basis.
12. Governing Law
These Terms of Use and any dispute arising from or relating to the Site will be governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to principles of conflicts of law, except where applicable law requires otherwise.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, any legal action arising from or relating to the Site or these Terms that cannot be resolved through the informal resolution process described above shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction located in [County], Ohio, and you consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.
13. Indemnification
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Mending Hearts for Mason and its directors, officers, volunteers, employees, representatives, and agents from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses arising from your unlawful use of the Site, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of the rights of another person. This provision does not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
14. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Use from time to time to reflect changes to the Site, our practices, or applicable requirements.
Changes will become effective when the updated Terms are posted to the Site unless otherwise stated. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page indicates when these Terms were most recently revised. Your continued use of the Site after updated Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.
15. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law or severed from these Terms, and the remaining provisions will remain in effect.
16. No Waiver
Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision or our right to enforce it in the future.
17. Entire Agreement
These Terms of Use, together with our Privacy Policy and any other terms expressly applicable to a particular feature of the Site, constitute the agreement between you and Mending Hearts for Mason regarding your use of the Site.
18. Contact Information
Questions, concerns, and notices regarding these Terms should be sent through the Contact form.