Policies

TERMS OF USE


Copyright, Download & Linking Policy


Copyright

Everything on the Kids Growing Strong website is under copyright. That means that nothing on the Kids Growing Strong site can be used on any other website or in any other publication without permission.

It does not make any difference whether you acknowledge that the Kids Growing Strong site is the source of the material. Some of the material on the Kids Growing Strong site was purchased or loaned to us under copyright agreements with third party providers. Kids Growing Strong does not retain the right to extend this privilege to others. It does not make any difference that an image does not have the word 'Copyright' on it, or that the Copyright symbol is not on an image or page of writing.  Copyright applies to all files (text, .html, .gif, .jpg, etc.) on the Kids Growing Strong website. The rights of Copyright apply throughout the world, not just in the United State of America.

It takes a lot of time and effort to produce the content on the Kids Growing Strong site. We hope you appreciate our efforts and respect our rights. Please write your own copy, take your own images and lawfully acquire the rights to use the work of others.

Downloads

Information available on this site that is specifically designated "for download" is available for your personal use or for use in non-profit group activities or in schools. DO NOT remove the Kids Growing Strong logos or other information thet indicates that the material is from Kids Growing Strong.

Linking Policy

We have links to other websites throughout our website. These are all websites that we feel might be useful to our visitors, and which we consider relevant to the page the link is on. We do not add links to other websites just because they have a link to the Kids Growing Strong site. Please do not ask.

We are always glad to see links to the Kids Growing Strong website on other websites. It helps give people interested in like-minded information the opportunity to visit the Kids Growing Strong site. If you'd like to add a link to the Kids Growing Strong website on your own website, please make sure you add the correct code to your page. For a link to our Home Page, add this code: http://kidsgrowingstrong.org/  For a link to a particular page, add the URL from the top of your browser to the code.

Please DO NOT link to an individual image file.

Please DO NOT use Frames to make information from the Kids Growing Strong website appear on your webpage

Using frames to make something from another website appear to be part of your website is a breach of  copyright and is unethical. Links should take your visitors to the other website, not bring the information on another website to use on your website.

        ONCE AGAIN….

It takes a lot of time and effort to produce the content on the Kids Growing Strong site.

We hope you appreciate our efforts and respect our rights.

PRIVACY POLICY

The privacy policy of Kids Growing Strong is in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) which pertains to children under 13 years of age.

   PERSONAL INFORMATION / PUBLIC DISCLOSURES

No personal information collected by Kids Growing Strong will be shared with 3rd parties. The operator of this site will not print or distribute a home address, email address, or telephone number of not onlya any child under the age of 13, but also will not share any personal information about any user, Friend or client of Kids Growing Strong. Any personal information collected will be for internal purposes or for photo permission collected from parents and used only by Kids Growing Strong.

In other words,
  WE WILL NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION! ...EVER!

DONOR RIGHTS POLICY

We believe that philanthropy 
is 
based up
on 
voluntary 
action
 for 
the 
common 
good.
 It 
is
 a 
tradition
 of 
giving
 and 
sharing 
that 
is 
fundamental
 to 
the 
quality
 of
 life in our society.
To 
ensure 
that 
philanthropy
 merits
 the
 respect
 and 
trust
 of 
the 
general 
public,
 and
 that
 donors
 and 
prospective
 donors
 can 
have
 full
 confidence 
in
 Kids Growing Strong
 and
the causes
 we ask them to 
support,
we
 declare 
that
 all
 donors 
have these 
rights:


• To
 be 
informed
 of
 Kids Growing Strong's
 mission,
 of
 the 
way 
Kids Growing Strong
 intends 
to
 use
 donated
 resources,
 and 
of
our
c apacity
 to 
use 
donations 
effectively
 for 
their intended
 purposes.

• To 
be 
informed 
of
 the 
identity 
of
t hose
 serving
 on
t he
organization's
 governing
 board,
 and
 to
 expect
 the
 board 
to
 exercise
prudent
 judgment 
in 
its 
stewardship
 responsibilities.

• To 
have 
access 
to
 the
 organization's 
most 
recent
 financial
 statements.

• To 
be 
assured that 
their 
gifts 
will
 be
 used 
for 
the
 purposes
 for
 which
 they 
were
 given.
• To 
receive
 appropriate
 acknowledgement 
and
 recognition.

• To
 be 
assured
 that 
information 
about 
their 
donation 
is 
handled
 with 
respect
 and
 with
 confidentiality 
to 
the
 extent
 provided 
by
 law.

• To 
expect 
that 
all
 relationships 
with 
individuals 
representing
 organizations 
of
 interest 
to 
the 
donor 
will
 be 
professional
 in
nature.

• To 
be 
informed
 whether
 those
 seeking 
donations
 are
 volunteers,
 employees
 of
 Kids Growing Strong 
or
 hired
 solicitors.

• To
 never have
 their
 names shared 
with 
any other organization
 or business.

• To 
feel
 free 
to 
ask 
questions 
when
 making 
a
 donation
 and
 to 
receive
 prompt, truthful
 and 
forthright
 answers.