Flowers for Heroes, NFP operates FlowersforHeroes.org (the “Site”). PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE CAREFULLY AND TAKE NOTE OF THE SPECIAL SECTION THAT SETS FORTH ADDITIONAL TERMS RELATED TO THE FLOWERSFORHEROES.ORG SECTION OF THE SITE. By using this Site, you are deemed to have agreed to these terms and conditions of use. Flowers for Heroes reserves the right to modify them at any time. You should check these terms and conditions periodically for changes. By using this Site after Flowers for Heroes posts any changes to these terms and conditions, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them. If at any time you choose not to accept these terms and conditions of use, please do not use this Site.
Scope of Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions apply to your use of the Site, operated by or on behalf of Flowers for Heroes, NFP. These terms and conditions do not apply to your use of other sites to which this Site links.
Restrictions on Use of Materials
The contents of this Site are protected by copyright and trademark laws, and are the property of its owner and/or licensors. Unless Flowers for Heroes says otherwise, you may access the materials for: (i) personal home use provided that you may only download one copy of the posted materials, or (ii) non commercial educational use. In no instance may you post the materials on any websites, otherwise publish the materials or change or delete any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice. When you download copyrighted material you do not obtain any ownership rights in that material.
Except as set forth in the prior paragraph, you may not modify, copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt or in any way exploit the content of this Site. Only if you obtain prior written consent from Flowers for Heroes— and from all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property — may you publish, display or exploit in any way any material from this Site. Nothing on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark displayed on the Site.
You must abide by all additional copyright notices or other restrictions contained in this Site.
Links
These terms and conditions apply only to this Site, and not to the sites of any other companies or organizations, including those to which this Site may link. Flowers for Heroes is not responsible for the availability of any other site to which this Site links. Such links are provided as a convenience to you, and Flowers for Heroes does not endorse or take responsibility for the contents or materials made available through any other site. Under no circumstances will Flowers for Heroes be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, goods or services available on any other site. You should direct any concerns to that site’s administrator or webmaster.
Other sites may link to this Site only through a plain-text link. Permission must be granted by Flowers for Heroes for any other type of link to this Site. To seek our permission, you may write to us at 205 E. Butterfield Rd, Suite 423, Elmhurst, IL 60126. Flowers for Heroes reserves the right, however, to rescind any permission granted by us to link through a plain-text link or any other type of link, and to require termination of any such link to this Site, at our discretion at any time.
Ownership and Use of Information Collected on Site
You acknowledge that Flowers for Heroes is the owner of information collected on this Site. We welcome your comments about the Site. Unless we state otherwise, if you send us any creative idea, suggestion, photograph, video, audio recording, art work, written material or other content (“Submission”), it shall become the property of Flowers for Heroes. You acknowledge and agree that we have no obligation to use your Submission and that we may edit the Submission as we see fit. No Submission will be subject to any obligation of confidence by us, and we will not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Submission. Flowers for Heroes will exclusively, perpetually and irrevocably own all known or later-existing rights to the Submission worldwide, and will be entitled to the unrestricted use of the Submission in all media, for any purpose, without royalty or compensation or notice to the provider of the Submission. By sending a Submission, you represent and warrant that you have sufficient rights in the Submission for the grant of rights to us hereunder and that all statements in the Submission are true and not misleading.
Disclaimers
*THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
FLOWERS FOR HEROES DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
FLOWERS FOR HEROES DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND NOT WE) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION TO YOUR SYSTEM.
APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.*
Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, will Flowers for Heroes or any of its respective affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages as a result of the use of, or the inability to use, this Site or any materials accessible on or through this Site, even if they have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
You acknowledge and agree that Flowers for Heroes and its respective affiliates are not liable for any loss of data or profit, or from any defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any user of this Site. If you are dissatisfied with any material accessible on or through this Site, or with any of these Terms and Conditions, you should discontinue using this Site. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.
Parental Permission
Flowers for Heroes prohibits registration by children under the age of 13 for all interactive portions of this Site including chats and message boards. Flowers for Heroes will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 AND STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT PARENTS PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CHILDREN’S EXPLORATION OF THE INTERNET AND ANY ONLINE SERVICES AND USE THEIR BROWSER’S PARENTAL CONTROLS TO LIMIT THE AREAS OF THE INTERNET TO WHICH THEIR CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS.
Flowers for Heroes may, at its discretion, require users under 18 to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian to view certain content, and we may limit access to certain content to users above a specified age. You agree to abide by any such restrictions and not to help anyone avoid these restrictions.
Privacy Policy
Flowers for Heroes is committed to protecting your privacy and security and have explained in detail the steps we take to do so in our Privacy Policy. We urge you to read our Privacy Policy.
Jurisdictional Issues
Flowers for Heroes controls and operates this Site from its offices in the United States of America and does not represent that materials on this Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations outside of the United States and Canada. Persons who choose to access this Site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
Miscellaneous
These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity that arises out of or relates to these terms will be subject to binding arbitration in accordance with the Illinois Arbitration Association and will be arbitrated in Illinois. If any of these terms and conditions are found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be considered severable from the remaining terms and conditions, and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between you and us relating to the subject matter it contains. This agreement may be modified only by our posting of changes to these terms and conditions, or by a writing signed by both parties.
Flowers for Heroes is in the process of applying for status as a 501(c)(3) charity status and is incorporated in the state of Illinois. A copy of any tax returns may be obtained by e-mailing Flowers for Heroes or writing to 205 E. Butterfield Rd, Suite 423, Elmhurst, IL 60126
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Ryan Joseph Cantafio joined the Marine Corps at the age of 17 as a high school student in 2000, at Beaver Dam High School, in Beaver Dam Wisconsin. 
