Participant's Release of Liability, Waiver of Claims, Medical Waiver, Assumptions of Risks and Indemnity and Image Consent
By signing this document, you will waive certain legal rights including the right to sue. Please read carefully.
ASSUMPTION OF RISKS
I AM AWARE THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL RISK FOR PERSONAL INJURY INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEERING. The Disability Foundation has six affiliated societies: Adaptive Sailing Association of BC (ASABC), British Columbia Mobility Opportunities Society (BCMOS), ConnecTra, Disabled Independent Gardeners Association (DIGA), Tetra Society, and Vancouver Adapted Music Society (VAMS). I freely accept and fully assume all such risks, dangers and hazards, including the possibility of personal injury (including but not limited to: bumps, bruises, cuts, scrapes, concussion, broken bones, infections, abrasions, hypothermia, death and/or property loss resulting from my participation in the Disability Foundation and affiliated societies (DF) volunteering activities.
Risk of injurires from activities may include (not an exhaustive list):
ASABC: Bone fractures, back pains, concussion, drowning, sunburn, contusions, lacerations, and sprains.
BCMOS: Hiking, Cycling and Paddling: Blisters, snake bites, deep cuts, burns, broken bones, sprained ankles, allergic reaction, rashes, poisonous berries, dehydration, heat stroke, altitude sickness, drowning, hypothermia, tendinitis, concussion (head injury), and Carpal Tunnel syndrome.
ConnecTra: Slips, trips, and falls, electrical, biological/infection, chemical, muscle pain, and burns.
DIGA: Infections, cuts, chemical burns, eye injuries from plants, sunburn, and muscle injury.
Tetra Society (including workshops/tools): Burns, blunt trauma, skewered, severed finger, deep cuts, chemical-related injuries, and machine-related injuries.
VAMS: Tendinitis, Dequevain's tenosynovitis, Carpal Tunnel syndrome, Bursitis, Thoracic outlet syndrome, strained vocal chords, and back, neck and shoulder strain.