PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

I acknowledge that participation in sand volleyball involves risk to the participant (and to the participant’s parents or guardians, if the participant is a minor), and may result in various types of injury including, but not limited to, the following: sickness, exposure to infectious/communicable disease, bodily injury, death, emotional injury, personal injury, property damage, and financial damage.

In consideration for the opportunity to participate in this activity, the participant (or parent/ guardian if the participant is a minor) acknowledges and accepts the risks of injury associated with participation in and transportation to and from the activity. The participant (or parent/ guardian) accepts personal financial responsibility for any injury or other loss sustained during the activity or during transportation to and from the activity, as well as for any medical treatment rendered to the participant that is authorized by the sponsor or its agents, employees, volunteers, or any other representatives (collectively referred to as the “activity sponsor”). Further, the participant (or parent/guardian) releases and promises to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the activity sponsor for any injury arising directly or indirectly out of the described activity or transportation to and from the activity, whether such injury arises out of the negligence of the activity sponsor, the participant, or otherwise.

Image Use Agreement

I, hereby grant, voluntarily and with full understanding, to New Covenant Community Church (New Cov) a license to the following:
1. Use and storage of my name and image, by means of digital or film photography, video photography, audio recording or other documentation, with respect to the activity, namely Sand Volleyball.

2. Use of any stored data including my name and image in printed publications of New Cov.

3. Use of any stored data including my name and image in electronic publications of New Cov.

4. Use of any stored data including my name and image in any Web site created by or for New Cov for its sole benefit.

5. If I am signing this agreement on behalf of a minor child, I hereby warrant that I am the legal parent or guardian of the child and that I have the legal authority to sign this agreement on behalf of the child.

Resolution

If a dispute over this agreement or any claim for damages arises, the participant (or parent/ guardian) agrees to resolve the matter through a mutually acceptable alternative dispute resolution process. If the participant (or parent/guardian) and New Covenant Community Church cannot agree upon such a process, the dispute will be submitted to a three-member arbitration panel for resolution in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.

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