Junior Pest Investigators “Mission Possible” Contest OFFICIAL RULES:
No purchase necessary to enter or win. Void where prohibited.
Review these Official Rules carefully. By entering into this Contest or submitting any Contest Materials, you automatically accept these Official Rules. Entries must be submitted via JuniorPI.com. Entries are accepted on a rolling basis.
Entry in the Contest is subject to these Official Rules, including without limitation, the Conditions for Submitted Materials and the General Conditions described below. The award of any prize for the Contest is subject to these Official Rules, including without limitation, the Judging/Grand Prize Winner Selection and Acceptance Procedures set forth below.
1. How it Works: The Junior Pest Investigators “Mission Possible” Contest (the “Contest”) begins 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) January 8, 2008 and ends 11:59 p.m. ET November 17, 2008 (“Contest Period”). The Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for online entry into the Contest. Orkin is offering in total prizes in this Contest more than $3,500 in educational materials and grants (see prize details below for more information).
2. Eligibility: Contest entries must be submitted by a K-8 teacher in a public or state-accredited private school in one of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia. Home Schools, Colleges, Universities and Vocational/Trade Schools are not eligible to enter. Employees of Orkin, Inc. (“Sponsor”), and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, retailers, distributors and suppliers, and the immediate families (spouse, parents, children and siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and individuals living in the same households of any of the foregoing individuals, whether or not related, are ineligible to participate or win a prize. Void where prohibited by law. Subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
3. How to enter: During the Contest Period, log on to www.JuniorPI.com and complete the Official Entry Form and provide an original submission that demonstrates how your students shared their knowledge of pests and IPM with other children and their families. Your entry should address the following three questions:
- What facts do children and adults need to know to help keep pests out of our spaces?
- What IPM actions can everyone take, at home and at school?
- How can we convince others to choose green strategies to solve pest problems?
All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on November 17, 2008. Entries will be accepted in English only. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Except as otherwise provided herein, Sponsor will not enter into any correspondence with an entrant regarding an entry. Entry must be your students’ original work, be true and verifiable, may not contain profanities or obscenities nor depict Sponsor unfavorably, and must be consistent with the images of Sponsor and must not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property rights or any other third party rights. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry it determines does not comply with these requirements or these Official Rules, in its sole discretion.
4. Judging: All eligible entries received will be judged by qualified judges from media, educational and/or other organizations selected by Sponsor. Entries will be judged on the following criteria:
- Answered the following questions:
- What facts do kids and adults need to know to become pest-wise?
- What IPM actions can everyone take, at home and at school?
- How can we convince others to choose green strategies to solve pest problems?
- Demonstrated IPM knowledge was shared with individuals outside of the classroom.
- Creativity of project execution and presentation.
Decisions of judges are final and binding. Sponsor reserves the right to not award all prizes if, in its sole discretion, it determines it has not received a sufficient number of qualified eligible entries.
By entering, you warrant and represent that the entry is the original work of your students, and you unconditionally assign and transfer to Sponsor all rights, title, interest and claim, which you now have or may in the future have to the entries or any element(s) therein. Sponsor and its designees shall have the right to edit, publish, use, adapt, exploit, modify or dispose of any entry, online, in print, film, television, or in any other media now or hereafter known throughout the world, without compensation, notification or approval of entrant or any third party.
5. Prize Details:
Grand Prize package (1): Junior Pest Investigators Learning Library* and $2,500 science-education grant**.
Second Place (1): Junior Pest Investigators Library and $1,000 science-education grant.
Third Place (1): Junior Pest Investigators Library.
*Junior Pest Investigators Library consists of educational materials chosen by the sponsor.
**Grant funds may be spent on supplies, materials, equipment, printing and educational field trips. Funds are not intended for the personal gain of entrant. All materials purchased with grant funds are considered to be the property of the school or school system in which the winning teacher is employed.
Winning schools that assume ownership of materials purchased with grant funds will be responsible for all taxes, if any (including federal, state and local taxes) and other costs and expenses associated with the acceptance and use of a prize (or any portion thereof) not included with prizes as awarded, including, but not limited to, installation and costs of any service, including any telephone or cable service. All prizes are provided “as is” with no warranty or guarantee of any kind, either express or implied. Prizes are not transferable, redeemable for cash, or substitutable except Sponsor retains the right at its discretion to substitute a prize, or portion of prize, with one of comparable or greater value. Limit one (1) prize per school and per entrant.
6. Notification: Winners will be notified by telephone, mail and/or e-mail and will have three (3) days to respond to such notification. An authorized officer of each winning school will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability, a Prize Selection form and, unless prohibited, a Publicity Release form within five (5) business days of date of issuance. Fully-executed documents should be returned via certified mail to: Jackson Spalding, “Orkin IPM Contest,” 1100 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 900, Atlanta, GA 30309. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for Sponsor and its designees to use School’s name, image, trademarks and/or logos, and/or biographical material for purposes of advertising, promotional and other purposes in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world, without further compensation, notification or permission unless prohibited by law. Winning Nominators will be notified by telephone, mail and/or e-mail and will have three (3) days to respond to such notification. Each winning Nominator will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability, and, unless prohibited, a Publicity Release form within five (5) business days of date of issuance. In the event of noncompliance with these Official Rules, the return of any notification as undeliverable, the failure to respond to notification within the specified time period or if required documents are not executed and returned within the specified time period, prize of nominated school and/or applicable Nominator may be forfeited and at Sponsor’s discretion, a runner-up Nominator (and/or nominated school) may be notified. In the event either a Nominator or nominated school fails to satisfy all requirements set forth in these rules, Sponsor is under no obligation to award the corresponding prize to the other party (for example: if a nominated school fails to satisfy any such requirements, Sponsor will not be required to award a prize to the Nominator of that school, or vice versa).
7. General Rules: Contest is governed by the laws of the United States, state of Georgia without regard its conflict of laws principles with venue in Fulton County, and all claims must be resolved in the courts of Fulton County, Georgia. By participating, Nominators (or, if eligible minors, the parents or legal guardians) agree as follows: a) to abide by these Official Rules, and to the decisions of Sponsor and the judges, which shall be final and binding in all respects; b) to the use of their names and/or likenesses and/or biographical data by Sponsor and its designees for advertising, promotional and other purposes in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world at discretion of Sponsor without compensation, permission or notification (except where prohibited by law); and c) to indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, retailers, distributors and suppliers, and each of their respective officers, directors, shareholders, agents, and employees (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any damage, loss or injury resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Contest, violation of these Official Rules, the use or misuse of any prize or Released Parties’ use of any rights granted herein. By accepting prize, winning school agrees to release and hold harmless Released Parties from and against any damage, loss or injury resulting from the use or misuse of any prize or Released Parties' use of any rights granted herein. Released Parties are not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections, miscommunications, failed phone, computer or telephone transmissions or technical failure, jumbled, scrambled or misdirected transmissions, scoring errors or other problems or errors related to participation in the Contest or other errors or problems of any kind whether typographical, printing, human, mechanical, computer, electronic or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors or problems which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing or judging of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials or for any damage to Nominator’s or other person’s hardware or software as a result of participation. Released Parties are not responsible for entries that are late, lost, stolen, incomplete, inaccurate, undelivered, misdirected, garbled or delayed by computer transmissions. Persons found tampering with or abusing any aspect of this Contest or who are in violation of these Official Rules as solely determined by the judges will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void. Every submission must be manually keystroked and manually entered by the individual participant and repetitive automated electronic submission of entries is specifically disallowed. In the event the Contest is compromised by virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which corrupts or impairs the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to suspend or terminate the Contest or any portion thereof and/or terminate the participation of any participant (and void his/her entry) whose conduct potentially compromises the Contest and, if terminated, at Sponsor’s discretion, judge all eligible, non-suspect entries received up to time of such action using the judging procedure outlined above.
8. Winners: For names of the winning schools (available after December 5, 2008), go to www.JuniorPI.com.
9. Sponsor: Orkin, Inc., 2170 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30324
10. Promoter: Jackson Spalding, 1100 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 900, Atlanta, GA 30309