Climate Victory Garden Campaign Giveaway 2022
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY U.S. LAW. DO NOT ENTER IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE (AS DESCRIBED BELOW) AND LOCATED IN ONE OF THESE COUNTRIES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
1. Eligibility: Climate Victory Garden Campaign Giveaway 2022 (the “Sweepstakes”) is only open to: legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are at least eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry, and who have not previously added a garden to Green America’s Climate Victory Garden. Employees, contractors, directors, officers, and agents of Green America (“Sponsor”), and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and related entities and members of the immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where the reside) and household of each such employee (whether or not related) are not eligible to enter or win.
This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
2. Sponsor: Green America, 1612 K Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington DC 20006
3. Sweepstakes Entry Period: The Sweepstakes begins on November 30, 2022 at 12:00pm EST and ends on December 7, 2022 EST at 11:59pm (the “Sweepstakes Entry Period”). All entries must be received before the Sweepstakes Entry Period end time/date to be valid.
4. How to Enter: During the Sweepstakes Entry Period, enter the Sweepstakes by:
(i) Create a comment on Green America’s Post about the giveaway tagging three of your friends and then click on the Post’s hyperlink which will direct you to Sponsor’s Climate Victory Gardens website; and
(ii) click on “Add Your Garden” and provide all required details about you and your garden and click “Send” to submit your garden, and then take a screen shot or photo of the confirmation page and send the photo to the Sponsor via a direct message to receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes.
All entry steps must be completed during the Sweepstakes Entry Period to be valid. All added gardens must be real and actual gardens and must be owned by the entrant unless the entrant has prior permission from the garden owner to submit/add such garden. If it is determined that an entrant made up a garden or that such garden has already been added, such entrant will be disqualified, all as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entrant must perform ALL entry steps including without limitation, including all garden details as required, and comply with any applicable restrictions or requirements set forth herein to be valid. Entrants must agree to these Official Rules to receive an entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit: One (1) entry per person into the Sweepstakes during the Sweepstakes Entry Period, regardless of how many gardens are added and which social media platform is used to enter the Sweepstakes. You must have a personal relationship with any person that you tag in the Sweepstakes Post.
You must have an Instagram or Facebook account to enter this Sweepstakes. If you do not have an Instagram or Facebook account, you can create one for free by visiting Instagram.com or Facebook.com. By creating an account, you agree to such social media platform’s terms and conditions and guidelines. Your Instagram or Facebook account must be set to public in order for Sponsor to connect with potential winners; if your account is not public, you will not receive entry into the Sweepstakes.
Individuals who do not follow all of the instructions, provide the required information, and/or abide by these Official Rules or other instructions of Sponsor may be disqualified. Other entry methods than those outlined above are void and will not receive entry.
Automated entries are prohibited and any such use will cause disqualification. Entrants may not enter with multiple email addresses/Instagram or Facebook accounts nor may entrants use any other device or artifice to enter multiple times or as multiple entrants. If it is discovered that you have entered or attempted to enter the Sweepstakes multiple times using multiple identities, Instagram accounts, Facebook accounts, or email addresses, or that you submitted or attempted to submit more than the entry limit provided, all of your entries will be declared null and void, and any prize you might have been entitled to will not be awarded. Presence of an garden on the Sponsor’s website is not a confirmation, representation, or warranty by the Sponsor or any of its representatives that the entry is compliant with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions with respect to whether an entry complies with these Official Rules are final and binding and may be made by Sponsor at any time.
5. Grand Prize Drawing: On December 8, 2022, Sponsor will randomly select one (1) winner from among all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Potential prize winner must have a public Instagram/Facebook profile and will be notified on December 8, 2022 via a direct message at the Instagram account or Facebook account used to enter the Sweepstakes. Potential winner must respond to such message within 3 business days of it being sent and must provide a valid email address in their response. Sponsor will then email the potential winner with prize instructions, which email potential winner must respond to in three business days. Potential winners must meet all eligibility requirements, including timely replying to the notification and response email and execution and return of all releases and documents (if any) required by Sponsor, within the timeline allotted. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these Official Rules. Limit one prize per person/Instagram/Facebook account.
Potential winners will be disqualified, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate potential winner may be selected if (all as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion): (i) any prize notification is returned as undeliverable; (ii) a potential winner declines his or her prize or any portion thereof; (iii) a potential winner is found not to be eligible or fails to comply with any of the Official Rules; (iv) a potential winner does not respond to direct message notification or the email within the timeframe provided; and/or (v) a winner cannot be verified or is otherwise unable or unwilling to accept and claim the prize as stated. Sponsor is not responsible for any change or issue with any email address, mailing address, Instagram or Facebook account, and/or telephone number of entrants. The decisions of Sponsor in all matters regarding this Sponsor are final and binding.
Winner may be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release, within the timeframe set forth in the document or prize may be forfeited. Prizes won by an eligible entrant who is a minor in his/her state or province of residence will be awarded to minor’s parent or legal guardian, who must sign and return all required documents.
6. Prize (1): One winner will receive a $250 gift card to [insert as I know we were finalizing this], which may be used toward gardening supplies of winner’s choice. Approximate retail value (“ARV”) of prize: $250 USD. Prize is non-transferable and no cash equivalent or substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. If prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. Prize winner will be solely responsible for all federal, state, provincial and/or local taxes, and for any other fees or costs associated with the prizes they receive, regardless of whether it, in whole or in part, is used. Gift cards are subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions as set forth by issuer. Any total amount exceeding the gift card amount shall be winner’s sole responsibility.
7. Release: As a condition of entering, entrants (or their parent or legal guardian if an eligible minor) agree (and agree to confirm in writing): (a) to release Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, and agents, and each of their officers, directors, employees and agents, Meta, and Instagram LLC (“Promotion Parties”), from any and all liability, loss or damage incurred with respect to the awarding, receipt, possession, and/or use or misuse of any prize; (b) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby knowingly and expressly waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses and/or any rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred (if any), excluding attorneys’ fees and court costs.
8. Publicity: Except where prohibited by law, winner grants (and agrees to confirm this grant in writing, if requested) permission for Sponsor and those acting under its authority to use his/her name, photograph, and/or likeness, for advertising and/or publicity purposes in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented without territorial or time limitations and without compensation.
9. General Conditions: Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, undelivered, incorrect, or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of the entries. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, bugs, virus, technical failures, or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor will randomly award the prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to cancellation. Sponsor is not responsible for computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures or delays in computer transmissions, the website, or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process, the website, or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
10. Governing Law & Jurisdiction: Except where prohibited by law, entrants agree that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Sweepstakes or any prize awarded will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action and exclusively by the appropriate court located in Washington, District of Columbia; (ii) any and all claims, judgments, and awards to entrants will be limited to actual out of pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iii) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental and consequential damages, and any other damages other than for actual out of pocket expense and any and all rights to have damages multiplies or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or entrants’ and/or Promotion Parties’ rights and obligations in connection with the Sweepstakes are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, District of Columbia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.
B. In the event of any conflict with any Sweepstakes details contained in these Official Rules and Sweepstakes details contained in Sweepstakes materials (including, but not limited to social media advertising and other promotion media), the details of the Sweepstakes as set forth in these Official Rules shall prevail.
12. Entrant's Personal Information: Please see the privacy policy located at https://www.greenamerica.org/privacy-and-policy for details of Sponsor's policy regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with this Sweepstakes. If you are selected as a winner, your information may also be included in a publicly-available winner’s list.
13. Winner’s List: For a list of winners, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: 1612 K Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20006. Please specify “CVG Winners List.” Requests must be received by January 8, 2023.
This Sweepstakes is no way endorsed or sponsored by Instagram or Facebook (or by Meta Platforms, Inc.). All questions should be directed to the Sponsor and not to Instagram or Meta.
Climate Victory Garden Campaign Giveaway 2022
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY U.S. LAW. DO NOT ENTER IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE (AS DESCRIBED BELOW) AND LOCATED IN ONE OF THESE COUNTRIES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
1. Eligibility: Climate Victory Garden Campaign Giveaway 2022 (the “Sweepstakes”) is only open to: legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are at least eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry, and who have not previously added a garden to Green America’s Climate Victory Garden. Employees, contractors, directors, officers, and agents of Green America (“Sponsor”), and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and related entities and members of the immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where the reside) and household of each such employee (whether or not related) are not eligible to enter or win.
This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
2. Sponsor: Green America, 1612 K Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington DC 20006
3. Sweepstakes Entry Period: The Sweepstakes begins on November 30, 2022 at 12:00pm EST and ends on December 7, 2022 EST at 11:59pm (the “Sweepstakes Entry Period”). All entries must be received before the Sweepstakes Entry Period end time/date to be valid.
4. How to Enter: During the Sweepstakes Entry Period, enter the Sweepstakes by:
(i) Create a comment on Green America’s Post about the giveaway tagging three of your friends and then click on the Post’s hyperlink which will direct you to Sponsor’s Climate Victory Gardens website; and
(ii) click on “Add Your Garden” and provide all required details about you and your garden and click “Send” to submit your garden, and then take a screen shot or photo of the confirmation page and send the photo to the Sponsor via a direct message to receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes.
All entry steps must be completed during the Sweepstakes Entry Period to be valid. All added gardens must be real and actual gardens and must be owned by the entrant unless the entrant has prior permission from the garden owner to submit/add such garden. If it is determined that an entrant made up a garden or that such garden has already been added, such entrant will be disqualified, all as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entrant must perform ALL entry steps including without limitation, including all garden details as required, and comply with any applicable restrictions or requirements set forth herein to be valid. Entrants must agree to these Official Rules to receive an entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit: One (1) entry per person into the Sweepstakes during the Sweepstakes Entry Period, regardless of how many gardens are added and which social media platform is used to enter the Sweepstakes. You must have a personal relationship with any person that you tag in the Sweepstakes Post.
You must have an Instagram or Facebook account to enter this Sweepstakes. If you do not have an Instagram or Facebook account, you can create one for free by visiting Instagram.com or Facebook.com. By creating an account, you agree to such social media platform’s terms and conditions and guidelines. Your Instagram or Facebook account must be set to public in order for Sponsor to connect with potential winners; if your account is not public, you will not receive entry into the Sweepstakes.
Individuals who do not follow all of the instructions, provide the required information, and/or abide by these Official Rules or other instructions of Sponsor may be disqualified. Other entry methods than those outlined above are void and will not receive entry.
Automated entries are prohibited and any such use will cause disqualification. Entrants may not enter with multiple email addresses/Instagram or Facebook accounts nor may entrants use any other device or artifice to enter multiple times or as multiple entrants. If it is discovered that you have entered or attempted to enter the Sweepstakes multiple times using multiple identities, Instagram accounts, Facebook accounts, or email addresses, or that you submitted or attempted to submit more than the entry limit provided, all of your entries will be declared null and void, and any prize you might have been entitled to will not be awarded. Presence of an garden on the Sponsor’s website is not a confirmation, representation, or warranty by the Sponsor or any of its representatives that the entry is compliant with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions with respect to whether an entry complies with these Official Rules are final and binding and may be made by Sponsor at any time.
5. Grand Prize Drawing: On December 8, 2022, Sponsor will randomly select one (1) winner from among all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Potential prize winner must have a public Instagram/Facebook profile and will be notified on December 8, 2022 via a direct message at the Instagram account or Facebook account used to enter the Sweepstakes. Potential winner must respond to such message within 3 business days of it being sent and must provide a valid email address in their response. Sponsor will then email the potential winner with prize instructions, which email potential winner must respond to in three business days. Potential winners must meet all eligibility requirements, including timely replying to the notification and response email and execution and return of all releases and documents (if any) required by Sponsor, within the timeline allotted. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these Official Rules. Limit one prize per person/Instagram/Facebook account.
Potential winners will be disqualified, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate potential winner may be selected if (all as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion): (i) any prize notification is returned as undeliverable; (ii) a potential winner declines his or her prize or any portion thereof; (iii) a potential winner is found not to be eligible or fails to comply with any of the Official Rules; (iv) a potential winner does not respond to direct message notification or the email within the timeframe provided; and/or (v) a winner cannot be verified or is otherwise unable or unwilling to accept and claim the prize as stated. Sponsor is not responsible for any change or issue with any email address, mailing address, Instagram or Facebook account, and/or telephone number of entrants. The decisions of Sponsor in all matters regarding this Sponsor are final and binding.
Winner may be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release, within the timeframe set forth in the document or prize may be forfeited. Prizes won by an eligible entrant who is a minor in his/her state or province of residence will be awarded to minor’s parent or legal guardian, who must sign and return all required documents.
6. Prize (1): One winner will receive a $250 gift card to [insert as I know we were finalizing this], which may be used toward gardening supplies of winner’s choice. Approximate retail value (“ARV”) of prize: $250 USD. Prize is non-transferable and no cash equivalent or substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. If prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. Prize winner will be solely responsible for all federal, state, provincial and/or local taxes, and for any other fees or costs associated with the prizes they receive, regardless of whether it, in whole or in part, is used. Gift cards are subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions as set forth by issuer. Any total amount exceeding the gift card amount shall be winner’s sole responsibility.
7. Release: As a condition of entering, entrants (or their parent or legal guardian if an eligible minor) agree (and agree to confirm in writing): (a) to release Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, and agents, and each of their officers, directors, employees and agents, Meta, and Instagram LLC (“Promotion Parties”), from any and all liability, loss or damage incurred with respect to the awarding, receipt, possession, and/or use or misuse of any prize; (b) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby knowingly and expressly waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses and/or any rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred (if any), excluding attorneys’ fees and court costs.
8. Publicity: Except where prohibited by law, winner grants (and agrees to confirm this grant in writing, if requested) permission for Sponsor and those acting under its authority to use his/her name, photograph, and/or likeness, for advertising and/or publicity purposes in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented without territorial or time limitations and without compensation.
9. General Conditions: Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, undelivered, incorrect, or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of the entries. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, bugs, virus, technical failures, or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor will randomly award the prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to cancellation. Sponsor is not responsible for computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures or delays in computer transmissions, the website, or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process, the website, or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
10. Governing Law & Jurisdiction: Except where prohibited by law, entrants agree that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Sweepstakes or any prize awarded will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action and exclusively by the appropriate court located in Washington, District of Columbia; (ii) any and all claims, judgments, and awards to entrants will be limited to actual out of pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iii) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental and consequential damages, and any other damages other than for actual out of pocket expense and any and all rights to have damages multiplies or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or entrants’ and/or Promotion Parties’ rights and obligations in connection with the Sweepstakes are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, District of Columbia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.
B. In the event of any conflict with any Sweepstakes details contained in these Official Rules and Sweepstakes details contained in Sweepstakes materials (including, but not limited to social media advertising and other promotion media), the details of the Sweepstakes as set forth in these Official Rules shall prevail.
12. Entrant's Personal Information: Please see the privacy policy located at https://www.greenamerica.org/privacy-and-policy for details of Sponsor's policy regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with this Sweepstakes. If you are selected as a winner, your information may also be included in a publicly-available winner’s list.
13. Winner’s List: For a list of winners, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: 1612 K Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20006. Please specify “CVG Winners List.” Requests must be received by January 8, 2023.
This Sweepstakes is no way endorsed or sponsored by Instagram or Facebook (or by Meta Platforms, Inc.). All questions should be directed to the Sponsor and not to Instagram or Meta.
