Deerfoot Lodge Camps LLC
Off-Summer Camp Program
Release of Liability, Assumption of Risk
and Indemnification Agreement

This Release of Liability, Assumption of Risk and Indemnification Agreement (the “Release”) signed by you is in favor of Deerfoot Lodge Camps LLC, a non-profit organization, its affiliates (Christian Camps, Inc., Deerfoot Blue Ridge Holdings LLC and their affiliates) and their directors, members, managers, officers, employees and agents such as rescue personnel (all of whom are collectively referred to herein as “Deerfoot”).

Please read this Agreement carefully and if you have any questions about what it means or what risks and dangers may be involved, please ask us before signing.

You fully understand, acknowledge and assume the risks associated with the following activities which are incidental to Deerfoot’s ministry and instructional activities and purposes:

(a) (i) Activities including being present on and using Deerfoot’s wilderness camp premises and facilities, hiking (including in winter and other inclement conditions), camping, the use of sports and camping equipment (including motor and non-motor sports equipment), the use of mechanized and non-mechanized tools, gathering and/or moving in groups, water activities, related and unrelated indoor and outdoor activities, and vehicular transportation (collectively, the “Activities”), all of which have inherent risks and dangers;

In regard to work volunteers, “Activities” also include the use (on or off Deerfoot’s property) of the facilities, equipment, tools, vehicles or any apparatus used by you or others, all of which have inherent risks and dangers;

(b) Risks and dangers arising from foreseeable and unforeseeable, and known and unknown causes including but not limited to accidents, the forces of nature, the negligence of Deerfoot, participants or others, your slip and fall, staff/participant decision making and the decisions of others (including misjudgments of terrain and/or weather), domestic and wild animals, insects, trail or route location and conditions, limited access to medical and/or emergency services, risks of hypothermia (frostbite), defective equipment, the improper use and/or maintenance of tools and equipment and such other risks and dangers, including those that are inherent in the Activities, which occur on or off Deerfoot premises including travel/transportation;

(c) Risks and dangers may result in injury or illness including but not limited to bodily injury, disease, hypothermia (frostbite), strains, fractures, partial and/or total paralysis, death or other ailments that could cause serious disability. Such injuries or illnesses may be minor (such as scratches, bruises, sprains and mild hypothermia), serious (such as severe hypothermia, broken bones, concussions and cuts) and even catastrophic (such as emotional or psychological trauma, heart attack, stroke, paralysis, serious internal or head injuries, and death); and

(d) Naturally occurring disease processes (including but not limited to the COVID virus) can occur in all environments in which Activities take place. It is ultimately your sole responsibility to ensure that you take appropriate actions to safe-guard yourself, other participants and staff.

You hereby freely execute this Release of Liability, Assumption of Risk and Indemnification Agreement under the following terms:

● Release of Liability: You release, hold harmless and promise not to sue Deerfoot for and from any and all liability, claims, and demands of whatever kind or nature, including those caused in whole or in part by the negligence of Deerfoot or the conduct of others, either in law or in equity, which may arise from the Activities or your presence at Deerfoot, directly or indirectly.

● Medical Treatment Release and Waiver: You release and forever discharge Deerfoot from all claims, including those based on negligence, which may arise on account of any first aid, treatment or service rendered in connection with the Activities by Deerfoot or others. You give Deerfoot permission to provide, obtain and/or consent to emergency treatment in case of illness, injury, emergency, or accident. Should emergency medical services become necessary, the expenses are solely your responsibility and not that of Deerfoot.

● Assumption of the Risk: You assume the risk of any and all injury or harm inherent in or expressly stated in connection with the Activities including those caused in whole or in part by the negligence of Deerfoot or the conduct of others.

● Indemnification: If, despite this Agreement, you make a claim for liability against
Deerfoot, you will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Deerfoot from any all costs
(including attorneys fees and costs) and liability which may be incurred as a result of such claim.

● Photographic Release: You consent to and grant to Deerfoot all rights of use, title and interest in any photographic images or video or audio recordings made by Deerfoot during the Activities without any right of approval or editing and to use the same for websites, brochures, newsletters or in any other Deerfoot publications.

● Jurisdiction: You agree to use the Courts of New York in Albany County (if the Activities originate in New York) or of North Carolina in Jackson County (if the Activities originate in North Carolina) as the exclusive forum for any claim or dispute; that this Agreement is intended to be as broad as permitted by the laws of that State; and that this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of that State.

● Waiver of Trial by Jury: You agree to waive your constitutional right to a trial by a jury in any legal proceedings resulting from injury or loss incurred as the result of the Activities.

● Integration Clause: You agree that this Agreement supersedes any and all previous oral or written promises or agreements and that it constitutes the entire agreement which cannot be modified except in writing by all parties.

● Severability: You agree that this Agreement is intended to be as broad and inclusive as is permitted by the laws of the jurisdiction indicated above and if any portion is held invalid, it is agreed that the balance shall continue in full force and effect.

● No termination: This Release will remain in effect for all future Activities offered by Deerfoot unless terminated by you in writing prior to engaging in such future Activities.

You understand that you are releasing Deerfoot from liability, including liability for negligence, and you are assuming all risks and dangers, inherent and express, associated with the Activities.

You will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Deerfoot from any all costs (including attorney fees and costs) and liability which may be incurred as a result of such claim.
You are relinquishing substantial rights you would otherwise have to recover damages for losses or injury due to Deerfoot’s negligence or otherwise.

By electronically signing this Agreement or by providing a facsimile of your signature, you agree that your signature below is the legally binding equivalent of your handwritten signature on paper.

You are signing this Agreement voluntarily in order to have permission to engage in the Activities.