Terms of Service

Use of public checkout

Beacon Event Management provides event checkout, donation, receipt, and payment-record services for organizations that use the platform. By completing a public checkout, you authorize the listed payment amount, including any optional processing-fee coverage you selected, and you agree that the transaction is associated with the named event or donation campaign.

The organization hosting the event or receiving the donation is responsible for its event, campaign, fulfillment, admissions decisions, charitable acknowledgements, event-specific restrictions, and refund decisions. Beacon provides the checkout and recordkeeping platform.

Accuracy of checkout information

You are responsible for providing accurate purchaser, attendee, billing, and contact information. The organization may use the information you provide to fulfill registrations, send receipts, resolve support requests, and respond to payment disputes or fraud reviews.

Eligibility and event rules

You agree to follow any event-specific rules shown before checkout or communicated by the organization. Certain purchases, such as raffle entries, alcohol-related benefits, age-restricted activities, or chance-based fundraising items, may be limited by location, age, eligibility, or other legal requirements.

Payment processing

Card payments are processed by Stripe. Beacon does not receive or store full card numbers or card security codes. Stripe may perform fraud checks, billing-address verification, card authentication, and other payment-processing steps required by card networks or applicable law.

A one-time public checkout authorizes only the payment shown at checkout. It does not authorize future charges unless the checkout page or a separate written agreement clearly says otherwise.

Refunds, cancellations, and event policies

Purchases are subject to the Refund and Cancellation Policy and any event-specific policy shown before checkout. If an event-specific policy conflicts with the default Beacon policy, the more specific event policy controls unless applicable law requires a different result.

Receipts and records

Beacon and the organization may send transaction receipts, event communications, and support messages related to your purchase. Payment records, order details, and support communications may be retained for accounting, tax, dispute, audit, and fraud-prevention purposes.

Donation receipts and acknowledgements are provided for recordkeeping only and are not tax advice. Consult a tax professional about deductibility, fair-market value, and substantiation requirements.

Text messages

For Connies Crusaders Inc., publicly known as The Connie Erickson Foundation, this is the Connie Erickson Foundation Event Notifications program. For help with this program, email [email protected] or call 513-602-7751. Beacon Event Management provides the software used to deliver the organization's requested texts.

Texts are sent by Beacon on behalf of the organization named on the consent form. Optional automated auction alerts include outbid and winning-bid notices, payment links for your winnings, and auction closing or reopening updates. Where offered, a separate optional event-balance choice covers automated balance reminders and secure payment links for that event. These are transactional updates, not promotional messages. Message frequency varies with your activity and event transactions. Message and data rates may apply. Consent is not a condition of bidding or purchase.

Requesting a text sign-in or ticket-verification code authorizes that one-time code only; it does not subscribe you to alerts or payment reminders. Providing a phone number without choosing texts does not authorize those messages. Asking staff to text a receipt authorizes one receipt to the number you provide, with the disclosure shown beside Send; it does not enroll you in recurring texts.

Reply STOP to stop transactional texts; you may receive one opt-out confirmation. Reply HELP for help, or contact the organization using the SMS program contact above or the payment-support contact on this page. To resume, reply START and make a new opt-in choice for the relevant program; START alone does not restore a revoked event consent. You can also turn auction alerts off from the auction page. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. Mobile numbers and opt-in information are handled as described in the Privacy Policy and are never sold or shared for marketing.

Limitations

Beacon is not responsible for venue changes, event program changes, third-party service interruptions, bank processing delays, or card issuer decisions. Nothing in these terms limits rights that cannot be limited under applicable law.

Questions and charge recognition

Contact payment support if you do not recognize a charge or need help before filing a card dispute. Beacon or the organization may use your checkout details, Stripe payment records, and support communications to identify the transaction and respond to payment inquiries.