Earlier this spring, The Pillyr Foundation fulfilled its regulatory obligations to be recognized as a 501(c)(3) public charity with the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, and the Internal Revenue Service. What does this mean? We can finally solicit charitable funding beyond an annual limit of $25,000, which we were limited to prior to our… continue reading »
The Pillyr Foundation, in collaboration with Living Walls, Welcoming Atlanta and a host of other partners, delivered the Resplendent Playscape Project to the Colony South community in south Atlanta. It is our sixth project to date and the second one with fixed deliverables that will remain in place for years to come. Colony South is… continue reading »
What began as an inquiry by Atlanta’s former Chief Bicycle Officer in December 2017 would later develop into our participation in a pilot project of the Placemaking Program, an Atlanta Department of City Planning initiative announced in early 2018. Over the course of 5 months, we develop a variety of potential proposals for locations in… continue reading »
Today marks the day that we launch our organization website. This effort has been in the works for months but we’re glad to finally reach this point. This an important resource for sharing information about our mission and reinforcing our brand. Plans are in development to roll out additional web tools that will help changemakers… continue reading »
665 Marietta Street NW, Atlanta GA 30318
On June 11th of 2017, The Pillyr Foundation joined Atlanta Streets Alive's Westside route as an activity partner with our first tactical urbanism intervention, dubbed Operation Pit Stop. At a length of 50ft, this pop-up project activated an industrial corridor along Marietta St NW with public space.
The build included deck space, a standing bar, a variety of seats and benches, a small performance stage (activated by spoken word artists), trees and plants that brought life and color to the site, and finally the Pillyr "Bike Bar", which is designed for cyclists to dock and enjoy refreshments from the comfort of their saddle. King of Pops was joined us to run the bar.
A final addition to the project was a temporary, artistic crosswalk that provided the public a canvas to add their own art to the street. The location was selected due to the lack of crosswalks, public space, and due to vehicular traffic treating this city road like a freeway.
Check out our facebook event to see more photos from the project!
Design Team: Daniel Snider, Sammy Shams, David Moore, Gabriella Melendez
Volunteer Team: Meghan Caylor, Jon Caylor, Ian McNay, Lindsey Bolin, Jiho Choi, Andrew Llewellyn, Jose Garza DelaCruz, Maria Velasquez, Nadine Adel Peever, Albert Lebron, Pavan Iyer, Morgan Strickland, Nate Damen, Laura Quade, Jim Connelly
Atlanta Beltline - Eastside Trail
Designed by friends Tenay Gonül and Julian Quinn, City Dreamers is a pavilion and Art on the Atlanta Beltline commission on the Eastside Trail located near Midtown Arts Cinema. The Pillyr Foundation was brought in to facilitate its construction and provide on-site consulting to upgrade the project's structural stability and safety for the visiting public.
In a big and fast city like Atlanta, the City Dreamers spot is a serene and happy place to be to view the city from another window. Being in the cube gives a feeling of isolation from the rest and slows the perception of the city down to enjoy and appreciate what is there. Nobody has to do much more. Just be there to view, to think, to sit and relax. The picture window on a plain black plane limits the rest of the scene by focusing a frame of view in one’s mind. This black plane is actually chalkboard where users can express themselves about what they see, feel or want to share. It creates an interactive message board to share experiences with strangers and friends.
The colorful pieces of plexiglass in rotation with the rest of the structure symbolizes a twist in linear thinking. The combination of colors and rotation implies alternate modes of thought and living as a possibility. City Dreamers is an artistic place seeking to render a colorful viewpoint for the city, a unique piece of urban furniture, a shaded place to rest, a place to share an idea, a point of interest, and an added reason to move along the Atlanta Beltline.
Design Team: Tenay Gönul & Julian Quinn
Construction Team: Tenay Gönul, Julian Quinn, Daniel Snider, Sammy Shams, David Moore, Gabriella Melendez
Park(ing) Day 2017 - Across Greater Atlanta
Park O' Pipes was created for Park(ing) Day 2017 with the intention of quick deployment at all the various events attended between September 15th and 16th. HKS Architects provided support for this project. This tactical urbanism intervention challenged the lack of urban play available for all ages so we tasked ourselves to create an interactive installation that would stimulate various senses at the same time. After getting access to a large quantity of aluminum pipe, we pursued turning this material into wind chimes and learned the mathematics to tune each length of pipe so that we could establish a range of sound.
A wood frame box was created to act as a chamber for the 5 rows of wind chimes, and in plan those rows would establish a path of circulation so that one could absorb a sonic spatial experience as they meander through it. An added benefit of this project was witnessing both children and adults interacting with the installation.
The project was taken to the following events:
Livable Buckhead Park(ing) Day @ Lenox Mall
South Downtown Park(ing) Day @ South Broad Street
Argha Noah House Amphibia Exhibition @ Harp Transmission
Living Walls x WeLoveBuHi's Night Market & Block Party @ Buford Highway
Park O' Pipes was awarded "Most Interactive Installation" by attendees of the Livable Buckhead Park(ing) Day event.
Design Team: Daniel Snider, Sammy Shams, David Moore, Gabriella Melendez, Justin Kruemmel, KK Loy
384 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
On September 24th, The Pillyr Foundation took over the Peachtree Street bridge overpass connecting Midtown and Downtown to extend the city's public space and canopy for Atlanta Streets Alive. We delivered over thirty plants and trees, deployed our Park O' Pipes wind chime installation, set up a dozen wood pallet deck surfaces to establish a boardwalk and seating areas, and redeployed our Pillyr Bike Bar in a split configuration so that we could accommodate King of Pops and Cafe + Velo as activation partners. Trees Atlanta also attended the project to advocate for the city's canopy and register volunteers for its fall planting season.
As an added bonus to the public, we assembled stacked ladders as sidewalls and bowling lane flooring reclaimed from Midtown Bowl to create a pop-up bowling lane. Privacy screens used at construction sites were utilized to provide shade at the Park O'Pipes installation.
We would like to thank all volunteers for their time and our activation partners Trees Atlanta, HKS Architects, Brasfield & Gorrie, and Atlanta Community Toolbank for providing material support to bring this activation to life.
Design Team: Daniel Snider, Sammy Shams, David Moore, Justin Kruemmel, Gabriella Melendez
Volunteer Team: K.K. Loy, Ian McNay, Jiho Choi, Maria Velasquez, Jim Connelly, Patricia Samartzis, Stephanie Estrada, Michael Sena, Scott Morris, Jessica Thompson, Irene Chang
2324 Cascade Rd SW, Atlanta, GA 30311
In 2018, the City of Atlanta's Department of Planning (DCP) announced the Placemaking Program, which empowers communities to reshape public spaces to enhance their overall physical, cultural and social identities. DCP's Office of Mobility Planning is leading the Placemaking program. The overarching goals of this program are to improve street safety and to transform streets into vibrant, attractive places that benefit the community and businesses alike.
To support the launch, The Pillyr Foundation was brought in to deliver one of two pilot projects to test our the process of the program. We were selected to work on mobility needs for Cascade Heights through a partnership with Atlanta City Studio. The result of our collaboration was a custom designed bus stop shelter at the intersection of Cascade & Beecher. This project would provide Atlanta residents that use MARTA bus 71 with some shelter from the elements, and take advantage of available space at this intersection to demonstrate how design can stimulate activity in the neighborhood's public space.
After the completion of several community engagement meetings, three distinct options were developed with residents and the city deciding on the design that was installed during the summer. The structure is welded steel columns working as flitch beams with painted pine board on either side of the steel giving it its rigidness. Each bay is connected by steel tube standoffs, while the polycarbonate roof and back panels act a shear wall and provide shelter under a printed abstraction of the oak tree canopy that is so prevalent in Cascade Heights. The back panels extend the canopy abstraction while communicating the Cascade Heights name. Custom fold-up benches surfaced with poplar boards were installed as requested by the city.
Structural steel was fabricated by Vass Metal Works, while all other contract work was completed in-house at MASS Collective's makerspace. This included concrete work, bench woodworking and welding its steel framework, custom printing the polycarbonate roof panels with ARC, and installation. It should be noted that the Office of Mobility Planning decided to exclude the final fold-up benches due to concerns of liability with the bench mechanism. All follow up work with the project, including the purchase and installation of planters and a static bench, was completed by the city.
Design Team: Kevin Bacon, Vanessa Lira, Daniel Snider, Sammy Shams, David Moore, Gabriella Melendez
Volunteer Team: Pavan Iyer, Laura Quade, Mark Gilbert, Tim Keepers, Xenia Simos, Annaliese Moreno
Colony South, ATL
The Pillyr Foundation, in collaboration with Living Walls, Welcoming Atlanta and a host of other partners, delivered the Resplendent Playscape Project to the Colony South community in south Atlanta. It is our sixth project to date and the second one with fixed deliverables that will remain in place for years to come.
Colony South is one of the last mobile home parks within the city limits and is home to almost eighty, mostly immigrant families. Amongst the various challenges that this community faces, limited availability to safe gathering spaces with poor recreation opportunities led us to join our project partners in support of these families.
Over a period of two weekends in July of 2019, our partnership with the support of over 100 volunteers expanded the site’s existing gathering space and delivered a range of improvements that extend beyond recreation. Based on the same cultural narrative, the featured enhancements for this project include a new free-play structure custom-designed by The Pillyr team and a Living Walls mural designed by artist Patricia Hernandez. Our partnership also delivered new bike racks, free-play concrete blocks, fiberglass seating, and a bus stop waiting area for the children that await their school bus.
The steel structure is made from 6" diameter schedule 40 steel pipe with the curve segments rolled by our steel supplier. Steel fabrication and finish work were completed by Vass Metal Works while the custom netting was made by vendor Incord. In order to eliminate general contracting costs during installation, the structure was designed as four separate components that could be assembled on-site with a forklift and at least a dozen helpful volunteers. The structure's placement was calculated to ensure it did not cross the critical root zone of each tree on-site and thus should not cause any damage after the concrete was poured to anchor it. Once secure, the custom netting was quickly attached.
This project was seven months in the making and our most ambitious to date. We thank Kaboom!, Target, and the City of Atlanta for funding this project. We are grateful to every volunteer that offered their time from our regulars to the new friends and supporters that we made. Their contributions and the in-kind donations offered by businesses across metro Atlanta helped us stretch our funding, come under budget and save close to $80,000 in expenses.
We would like to acknowledge the following in-kind material, rental, and food contributors to this project:
The City of Atlanta Department of Public Works, The City of Atlanta Office of Enterprise Asset Management, Argos USA, SOPO Bicycle Cooperative, Arborguard, ATL Nativescapes, Food Forest at Browns Mill, Sunbelt Rentals, Noni's, Lotta Frutta, Chipotle, Chick-Fil-A, King of Pops, J's Chicken, El Ponce, Chong Qing Hot Pot, Luisa Fernanda Cardona, & Gabriella Oviedo.
Design Team: David Moore, Daniel Snider, Sammy Shams, Gabriella Melendez, Tim Keepers, Jiho Choi
Cascade @ Westwood Avenue, West End, Atlanta
At the end of Summer 2019, we were approached by Atlanta Bicycle Coalition with the opportunity to deliver a tactical urbanism pilot project in conjunction with the Atlanta Streets Alive Southwest. Dubbed the "ASA Cascade Rehab Project", it is located along Cascade Avenue in southwest Atlanta on the block between Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW and Westwood / Donnelly Avenue SW. Funding was provided by AARP Georgia through their Livable Communities Grant and the project was coordinated with the city's Office of Mobility Planning. We utilized the street closing permit of Atlanta Streets Alive to execute the project with a dozen volunteers.
The goal of the project was to address the following pain points:
1) An unusually wide curbside lane that suggests an extra passing lane before it narrows at intersections and creates dangerous conflict points.
2) The turning radii of the intersection encourages cars to maintain higher speeds as they endanger pedestrians when they turn.
3) Crosswalks were either missing, hard to see, or quite long to cross on such a busy vehicular corridor.
4) Visibility of pedestrians was relatively poor.
Prior to Atlanta Streets Alive we worked with Atlanta Bicycle Coalition to collect community feedback about the dangers they experience along Cascade Road and making sure they were aware of the pilot project that would test if any of our proposed solutions improved safety and changed driver behavior.
Our solutions to the pain points of this project location included:
1) Utilizing painted curb extensions to narrow the curbside driving lane so cars would stop passing one another in an exceptionally wide lane.
2) Added flex posts and planters as vertical elements for visibility.
3) Made the turning radii of specific intersection corners much tighter so cars would have to slow down before turning, and also to reduce the crossing distance for pedestrians.
4) Added a crosswalk across Cascade Avenue that should make it safer and easier for cars to notice that they must yield to pedestrians.
5) Having the pilot last for at least 3 months then observed to confirm if the solutions had any positive effect.
The project timeline was less than two months and executed in less than 8 hours. At the event, we collected stakeholder feedback and provided attendees with education about the benefits of traffic calming design strategies and what those reclaimed spaces can become to benefit the community. That information was shared with our project partners, including the City of Atlanta, with the hope that these improvements are realized as permanent upgrades via an interim design strategy or a capital project along the Cascade Corridor when it is resurfaced.
The results of the project proved that adding curb extensions even with paint could influence driver behavior as the narrower curbside lane slowed down vehicular speeds and discouraging cars from passing one another. The curb extensions and crosswalks at the intersection also made it safer for pedestrians to cross. Further feedback from the community given to Atlanta Bicycle Coalition also confirmed that they valued the results and hoped to see some of these strategies implemented in the future when the street is resurfaced.
We would like to thank our volunteers for executing this project on behalf of our mission.
Design Team: David Moore, Daniel Snider, Sammy Shams
Volunteers; Brian Lesko, Laura Quade, Brent Brewer, Tawny Powell, Patricia Hernandez, Zia Musa, Parker Stewart, Sarah Woynicz, Juan Felipe Diaz
The Pillyr Foundation, Inc. (“we” or “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of our users (“user” or “you”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://www.pillyr.org, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THE SITE.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Revised” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.
Personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, neighborhood, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as donation contributions, registration to volunteer, and message boards. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so many prevent you from using certain features of the Site.
Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g. valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, subscribe, donate, exchange, return, or request information about our services from the Site. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processors listed below and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.
Stripe
https://stripe.com/us/privacyPayPal
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-fullAmazon Smile
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=org_std_ft_prv?ie=UTF8&nodeId=468496Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to response to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
If you interact with other users of the Site, such as our blog / news update page, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including sending invitations to other users, chatting with other users, liking posts, or following blogs.
When you post comments, contributions, or other content to the Site, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site in perpetuity.
We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include joint venture partners or other companies that we may control or that are under common control with us.
We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
We may share your information with advertisers and benefactors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
If our organization dissolves as a non-profit entity, or is part of a corporate merger with another non-profit entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred to a designated third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.
We are not responsible for the actions of third parties with whom you share personal or sensitive data, and we have no authority to manage or control third-party solicitations. If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. For more information on how we use cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy posted on the Site, which is incorporated into this Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you agreed to be bound by our Cookie Policy.
We may also partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Google Analytics, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site through the use of first party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Site, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. By accessing the Site, you consent to the collection and use of your information by third-party vendors. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, if you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, you can visit the third-party vendor or Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
You should be aware that getting a new computer, installing a new browser, upgrading an existing browser, or erasing or otherwise altering your browser’s cookies files may also clear certain out-out cookies, plug-ins or settings.
The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services or applications that may be linked to or from the Site.
This website uses Google Maps APIs. You may find the Google Maps APIs Terms of Service here. To better understand Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to this link.
By using our Maps API Implementation, you agree to be bound by Google’s Terms of Service.
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information below.
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” Law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make a such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Site, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Site. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Site, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
The Pillyr Foundation, Inc.
250 Piedmont Avenue NE #1108
Atlanta, GA 30308
(470) 588-2851
info@pillyr.org
The Pillyr Foundation, Inc. (“we” or “us” or “our”) may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies when you visit our website https://www.pillyr.org, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”) to help customize the Site and improve your experience.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Cookie Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Cookie Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Cookie Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification. You are encouraged to periodically review this Cookie Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Cookie Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Cookie Policy is posted.
A “cookie” is a string of information which assigns you a unique identifier that we store on your computer. Your browser then provides that unique identifier to use each time you submit a query to the Site. We use cookies on the Site to, among other things, keep track of services you have used, record registration information, record your user preferences, keep you logged into the Site, facilitate purchase procedures, and track the pages you visit. Cookies help us understand how the Site is being used and improve your user experience.
The following types of cookies may be used when you visit the Site:
Analytics cookies monitor how users reached the Site, and how they interact with and move around once on the Site. These cookies let us know what features on the Site are working the best and what features on the Site can be improved.
Third-party cookies may be place on your computer when you visit the Site by companies that run certain services we offer. These cookies allow the third parties to gather and track certain information about you. These cookies can be manually disabled in your browser.
Most browsers accept cookies by default. However, you can remove or reject cookies in your browser’s settings. Please be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Site.
For more information on how to control cookies, check your browser or device’s settings for how you can control or reject cookies, or visit the following links:
Apple SafariIn addition, you may opt-out of some third-party cookies through the Network Advertising Initiative’s Opt-Out Tool.
In addition to cookies, we may use web beacons, pixel tags, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. A “web beacon” or “pixel tag” is tiny object or image embedded in a web page or email. They are used to track the number of users who have visited particular pages and viewed emails, and acquire other statistical data. They collect only a limited set of data, such as a cookie number, time and date of page or email view, and a description of the page or email on which they reside. Web beacons and pixel tags cannot be declined. However, you can limit their use by controlling the cookies that interact with them.
For more information about how we use information collected by cookies and other tracking technologies, please refer to our Privacy Policy. This Cookie Policy is part of and is incorporated into our Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by this Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy.
If you have questions or comments about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at
The Pillyr Foundation, Inc.
250 Piedmont Avenue NE #1108
Atlanta, GA 30308
(470) 588-2851
info@pillyr.org
These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and The Pillyr Foundation, Inc. (“we,” “us” or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). You agree that by accessing the Site, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Terms of Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SITE AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Site from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Terms of Use at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of these Terms of Use, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review these Terms of Use to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Terms of Use by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Terms of Use are posted.
The information provided on the Site is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
The Site is intended for users who are at least 18 years old. Persons under the age of 18 are not permitted to use or register for the Site.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Site is our proprietary property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws of the United States, foreign jurisdictions, and international conventions. The Content and the Marks are provided on the Site “AS IS” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.
By using the Site, you represent and warrant that: (1) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms of Use; (2) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside; (3) you will not access the Site through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise; (4) you will not use the Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (5) your use of the Site will not violate any applicable law or regulation. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof).
You may not access or use the Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the Site available. The Site may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.
As a user of the Site, you agree not to:
The Site may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality, and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on the Site, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other material (collectively, "Contributions"). Contributions may be viewable by other users of the Site and through third-party websites. As such, any Contributions you transmit may be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. When you create or make available any Contributions, you thereby represent and warrant that:
Any use of the Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms of Use and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Site.
By posting your Contributions to any part of the Site , you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions (including, without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions, and grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. The use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels.
This license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed, and includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial images you provide. You waive all moral rights in your Contributions, and you warrant that moral rights have not otherwise been asserted in your Contributions.
We do not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your Contributions. We are not liable for any statements or representations in your Contributions provided by you in any area on the Site. You are solely responsible for your Contributions to the Site and you expressly agree to exonerate us from any and all responsibility and to refrain from any legal action against us regarding your Contributions.
We have the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to edit, redact, or otherwise change any Contributions; (2) to re-categorize any Contributions to place them in more appropriate locations on the Site; and (3) to pre-screen or delete any Contributions at any time and for any reason, without notice. We have no obligation to monitor your Contributions.
You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information regarding the Site ("Submissions") provided by you to us are non-confidential and shall become our sole property. We shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these Submissions for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. You hereby waive all moral rights to any such Submissions, and you hereby warrant that any such Submissions are original with you or that you have the right to submit such Submissions. You agree there shall be no recourse against us for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your Submissions.
The Site may contain (or you may be sent via the Site) links to other websites ("Third-Party Websites") as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties ("Third-Party Content"). Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Site or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Site, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content. Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the Site and access the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk, and you should be aware these Terms of Use no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any website to which you navigate from the Site or relating to any applications you use or install from the Site. Any purchases you make through Third-Party Websites will be through other websites and from other companies, and we take no responsibility whatsoever in relation to such purchases which are exclusively between you and the applicable third party. You agree and acknowledge that we do not endorse the products or services offered on Third-Party Websites and you shall hold us harmless from any harm caused by your purchase of such products or services. Additionally, you shall hold us harmless from any losses sustained by you or harm caused to you relating to or resulting in any way from any Third-Party Content or any contact with Third-Party Websites.
We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Site for violations of these Terms of Use; (2) take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms of Use, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities; (3) in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your Contributions or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the Site or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the Site in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Site.
We care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use. Please be advised the Site is hosted in the United States. If you access the Site from the European Union, Asia, or any other region of the world with laws or other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or disclosure that differ from applicable laws in the United States, then through your continued use of the Site, you are transferring your data to the United States, and you expressly consent to have your data transferred to and processed in the United States. Further, we do not knowingly accept, request, or solicit information from children or knowingly market to children. Therefore, in accordance with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, if we receive actual knowledge that anyone under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us without the requisite and verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information from the Site as quickly as is reasonably practical.
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Site infringes upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately notify us using the contact information provided below (a “Notification”). A copy of your Notification will be sent to the person who posted or stored the material addressed in the Notification. Please be advised that pursuant to federal law you may be held liable for damages if you make material misrepresentations in a Notification. Thus, if you are not sure that material located on or linked to by the Site infringes your copyright, you should consider first contacting an attorney.
These Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE TERMS OF USE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS OF USE OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION OR DELETE YOUR PROFILE AND CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE SITE. If we terminate or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Site at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any information on our Site. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Site without notice at any time. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Site.
We cannot guarantee the Site will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Site, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise modify the Site at any time or for any reason without notice to you. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Site during any downtime or discontinuance of the Site. Nothing in these Terms of Use will be construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Site or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.
These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of Georgia, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy, or claim related to these Terms of Use (each a "Dispute" and collectively, the “Disputes”) brought by either you or us (individually, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”), the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute (except those Disputes expressly provided below) informally for at least 30 (thirty) days before initiating arbitration. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to the other Party.
If the Parties are unable to resolve a Dispute through informal negotiations, the Dispute (except those Disputes expressly excluded below) will be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THIS PROVISION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") and, where appropriate, the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes ("AAA Consumer Rules"), both of which are available at the AAA website www.adr.org. Your arbitration fees and your share of arbitrator compensation shall be governed by the AAA Consumer Rules and, where appropriate, limited by the AAA Consumer Rules. The arbitration may be conducted in person, through the submission of documents, by phone, or online. The arbitrator will make a decision in writing, but need not provide a statement of reasons unless requested by either Party. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so. Except where otherwise required by the applicable AAA rules or applicable law, the arbitration will take place in Fulton County, GA. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Parties may litigate in court to compel arbitration, stay proceedings pending arbitration, or to confirm, modify, vacate, or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator.
If for any reason, a Dispute proceeds in court rather than arbitration, the Dispute shall be commenced or prosecuted in the state and federal courts located in Fulton County, GA, and the Parties hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, and forum non conveniens with respect to venue and jurisdiction in such state and federal courts. Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) are excluded from these Terms of Use.
In no event shall any Dispute brought by either Party related in any way to the Site be commenced more than two (2) years after the cause of action arose. If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.
The Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (c) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons.
The Parties agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above provisions concerning informal negotiations and binding arbitration: (a) any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any Dispute related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief. If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.
There may be information on the Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information on the Site at any time, without prior notice.
THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND OUR SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE’S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITE AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS, (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE, (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SITE, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.
IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW. CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (1) your Contributions; (2) use of the Site; (3) breach of these Terms of Use; (4) any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use; (5) your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (6) any overt harmful act toward any other user of the Site with whom you connected via the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims.
We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.
We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Site for the purpose of managing the performance of the Site, as well as data relating to your use of the Site. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Site. You agree that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.
Visiting the Site, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE SITE. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits by any means other than electronic means.
If any complaint with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.
These Terms of Use and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Site or in respect to the Site constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms of Use operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms of Use is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms of Use and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Terms of Use or use of the Site. You agree that these Terms of Use will not be construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of these Terms of Use and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Terms of Use.
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Site or to receive further information regarding use of the Site, please contact us at:
The Pillyr Foundation, Inc.
250 Piedmont Avenue NE #1108
Atlanta, GA 30308
(470) 588-2851
info@pillyr.org