There is a $60 fee for each application submitted. This fee is non-refundable. The application fee is considered a donation and the foundation will provide a receipt to document the donation. All information submitted to Gift of Parenthood will be held in strictest confidence and viewed only by the selection committee. The Applicant hereby assigns and grants the Organization and its legal representatives the irrevocable and unrestricted right to use excerpts in whole or in part from the Applicant’s personal statement for editorial, trade, advertising, or any other purpose and in any manner and medium; to alter the same without restrictions; and to copyright the same. The Applicant hereby releases the Organization and its legal representatives and assigns from all claims and liability relating to said excerpts. Any person mentioned in Applicant’s personal statement shall be deemed to have consented to the use of their name, image, or likeness by Applicant and/or Organization and Applicant shall defend and indemnify the Organization from and against any claims that any of Applicant’s friends, family or other persons mentioned in the personal statement may assert against the Organization arising from, or related to, the use of any name, image, or likeness of Applicant’s friend, family or other person mentioned in the personal statement by Organization. Surnames will NOT be used so as to protect the identification of any of the above.