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2013 DECORATE A PUMPKIN COLORING CONTEST FOR KIDS

at the 2013 Ventura The Harvest Festival® Original Art & Craft Show

By Sharon Rosenthal, www.camarillo.macaronikid.com September 29, 2013

Macaroni Kid Macaroni Kid Camarillo-Oxnard-Ventura The Harvest Festival® Original Art & Craft Show Ventura Pumpkin Coloring Contest Giveaway Rules

OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ODDS OF WINNING WILL DEPEND ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.  THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH FACEBOOK. 

ONE ENTRY PER CHILD, PER DAY.  ENTRIES VALID ON THE DAY SUBMITTED TO MACARONI KID IN PERSON AT THE VENTURA HARVEST FESTIVAL OCTOBER 4 TO OCTOBER 6 AT 2PM . 

  1. Giveaway Summary: Entry into this Giveaway begins October 4 and ends October 6, 2013.  Any entries received after the giveaway period will not be considered.  This Giveaway consists of Harvest Bucks for use only at the 2013 Ventura Harvest Festival Original Arts and Crafts Show per winner, drawn from all eligible entries received on the day of entry.  To enter, submit a pumpkin picture your child colored in person at the 2013 Ventura Harvest Festival Original Arts and Crafts Show .  By entering into this sweepstakes, you consent to permitting Macaroni Kid LLC to contact you in the event you win by cell phone provided or email.  No purchase necessary and purchase anywhere will not, in any way, increase chances of winning.  One entry per child, per day but multiple entries per family is permitted in this giveaway.  Entering more than once per child per day is prohibited and does not increase your chances of winning.   Winners will be chosen on each day of the festival at posted times.  Entry in this giveaway does not constitute entry into any other promotion, contest or sweepstakes.  By participating in this Giveaway, each entrant unconditionally agrees to comply with these official rules. 
  1. Privacy Policy: It is Macaroni Kid’s privacy policy not to share, sell, loan, or rent entrant’s contact information (name, email address, cell numberetc.) to any third party.  However, by entering into this sweepstakes you consent to allowing Macaroni Kid to: (1) contact you via email and cell phone to alert you if you have won; and (2) post your childs first name, age and city along with the prize you have won in the event you win on Macaroni Kid’s website and/or Facebook page. In addition, in the event you win, your contact information may be shared with the prize provider for the purposes of facilitating the delivery of your prize.
  1. Drawing:  Entry into this Giveaway begins at begins October 4 and ends on October 6 at 2pm.  Any entries received after the giveaway period will not be considered.   To enter, a person must submit a coloring page of a pumpkin that your child has decorated either at home or at the 2013 Ventura Harvest Festival Original Arts and Crafts Show Kidzone.  Winners will be randomly selected from all eligible entries submitted that day at posted times.  Macaroni Kid will contact the winners right away by cell and email and winners will need to come back to the festival and the Kidzone during the festival but before noon on October 6 to claim their prize.  If potential winner declines prize, or fails to pick up the prize by noon on October 6, 2013 Macaroni Kid will not select another winner and the prize will be forfeited. If a dispute arises over a prize, the winner is the person to whom the cell phone number was provided.
  1. Prizes: The Giveaway prizes will consist of Harvest Bucks for use only at  The Harvest Festival® Original Art & Craft Show Ventura  show located at the Ventura County Fairgrounds Oct 4-6. Prizes are not redeemable for cash.  Macaroni Kid reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value.
  1. Conditions of Participation:  Each prize winner is responsible for any and all federal, state and local taxes, along with any other fees or expenses, associated with any prize he or she wins.  Accepting a prize constitutes winner’s consents to the use of their name, city and state for advertising and promotional purposes without compensation or notice, to the extent such use is permitted by law.
  1. Eligibility: To be eligible to win giveaway prize, entrant must submit a coloring picture of a pumpkin in person at the 2013 Ventura Harvest Festival Original Arts and Crafts Show Kidzone area on any day of the eventA parent or guardian must submit the entries to Macaroni Kid and the submitee must be 18 years old or older. Void where prohibited.  No purchase necessary to enter or win.  One entry per person: if you enter more than one picture of the same person, you may be excluded from the giveaway.  Odds of winning depend on total numbers of entries.  Macaroni Kid is not responsible for problems encountered with computer systems, equipment, failure of email, or problems with the internet or entrant’s internet connection or cell phone service.

Macaroni Kid assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, problems or technical malfunctions of any computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received on account of human error, technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of website, any combination thereof, or otherwise, including any injury or damage to any entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in this Giveaway. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY ALTER OR DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS OF THE GIVEAWAY MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, MACARONI KID LLC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

7.       Disputes/Governing Law/Jurisdiction:  Any dispute arising out of this sweepstakes shall be governed by the laws of the state of California without reference to its choice of law rules.  By participating in this giveaway, all participants submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state of California for resolution of any disputes arising hereunder.

8.       Winner Information: Winners will be notified by email or cell phone to the email address and cell phone number provided and winner’s first name will be posted on the Macaroni Kid Camarillo-Oxnard-Ventura website.  Names of winners can also be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Macaroni Kid, llc, 860 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, NY  11976.  Any such request must identify the title, date and specific Macaroni Kid community in which the giveaway was run.  Any such request must be received on or before June , 2014.

9.       Sponsor: The Harvest Festival® Original Art & Craft Show Ventura is the sponsor of this giveaway. 

10.   Release: By entering and participating, entrant agrees to hold harmless, defend and indemnify (i) Macaroni Kid, LLC, (ii) [insert your Macaroni Kid edition]and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers and advertising and promotion agencies of each; and (ii) the sponsor identified above from and against any and all claims, demands, liability, damages or causes of action (however named or described), losses, costs or expenses, with respect to or arising out of or related to: (i) entrant’s participation in the Giveaway, or (ii) entrant’s participation in any Prize-related activities (including, without limitation, any property loss, damage, personal injury or death caused to any person(s).