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- NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
- Entry: To qualify for the RK Dixon makeover contest, the official entry form (maximum one entry per organization) must be completed. You will be asked to provide a contact’s first and last name, email address, the address and telephone number of the organization, a list of communities served, number of employees and volunteers, mission, logo, photographs, definition of need, a statement of why the organization deserves the makeover, proof of 501(c)(3) status, and a list of what would make the office run better. All fields must be complete for eligibility and verifiable proof of 501(c)(3) status must be provided to RK Dixon at any time during the contest. The contest begins June 27, 2008, and ends Aug. 25, 2008. All entries must be postmarked by July 21, 2008. Contestants must be over the age of 18 and agree to be contacted via email about voting instructions and winner information. The organization’s name and statement of need will be posted online at www.rkdixon.com, but all other contestant information will be used solely by RK Dixon. No contestant or voter information will be sold, shared or given away. Contestants and voters can unsubscribe to any RK Dixon email list serve by visiting www.rkdixon.com.
- Selection: Five finalists will be selected on August 7, 2008 based on open online voting. Voters may only submit one vote per day. Those five finalists will be narrowed down to three by August 26, 2008 through a second round of online voting. RK Dixon will select a winner from those three finalists and announce the winner the week of Aug. 25, 2008.
- Prize: RK Dixon will assess the needs of the winning organization and then provide an office makeover, a $20,000 value. The first runner up will receive an office makeover from RK Dixon valued at $10,000. The second runner up will receive an office makeover from RK Dixon valued at $5,000. All entries must be postmarked by July 21, 2008 for consideration.
- Eligibility: The contest is offered only to 501(c)(3) “charitable” organizations in the Springfield area: Macon, Morgan and Sangamon counties, Ill. in the United States. It is open to organizations with a business location and only to legal residents of the United States, who are 18 years or older at the time of entry. Employees or representatives of RK Dixon and their advertising agencies, including their immediate families, are not eligible to enter. 501(c)(3) “charitable” organizations that have won the Make My Non-Profit Run Better contest in the past in this or other markets, are not eligible to win again. RK Dixon will not be responsible for late, misdirected or lost entries or for any computer, online, telephone or technical malfunctions that may occur. The authorized account holder of the email address and the entrant must be the same person. Authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. All entries become the property of RK Dixon and will not be returned to entrant. Potential winner may be requested to provide proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the winning entry. All entries become the property of RK Dixon and will not be returned to entrant.
- Winner Selection: Five finalists will be determined by the public via online voting at www.rkdixon.com. After the five finalists are selected, all votes will be cleared and the public will again be invited to vote for their favorite finalist. These votes will determine three finalists, from which RK Dixon will choose a winner. RK Dixon’s decision will be based on criteria for selection including the original submitted entry. Winner will be notified either in-person or by email, phone and/or mail within 10 days of selection. If winner is unreachable after 10 days, or if winner is unavailable for prize fulfillment, an alternate winner will be selected from the two remaining finalists. Potential winner must execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility form within 10 days of notification via mail and/or facsimile. Noncompliance within this time period will result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected. RK Dixon will provide winner with a voucher or certificate within 30 days of winning with prize indicating the winner’s unconditional right to receive the prize. Decision of RK Dixon is final. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received.
- Accepting Prizes: The winning organization consents to use of its name, city, state, photographs and personnel voices for editorial, advertising, promotional and publicity purposes without further compensation except where prohibited by law. Winner agrees to release, discharge and hold harmless RK Dixon and all media outlets from all claims or damages arising out of the acceptance, use, misuse or the possession of the prize received.
- General Conditions: Entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and by the selection of RK Dixon, which is final on all matters pertaining to the contest. This contest is governed by the laws of the United States and is void where restricted or prohibited by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. All taxes, fees and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. Return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.
- Use of Name: Entrants further grant to RK Dixon the right to use the organization’s name, city and state online and in print or any other media, in connection with the contest. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for RK Dixon and its advertising and promotional agencies to use winning organization’s name and likenesses for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation unless prohibited by law. By entering, participants release and hold harmless RK Dixon, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the contest or any prize won. Restrictions, conditions and limitations apply.
- Conduct: By entering this contest, participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules. The Official Rules will be posted at www.rkdixon.com throughout the contest. Entrants further agree to be bound by the decisions of the judges that shall be final and binding in all respects. RK Dixon reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or Web site; to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; to be acting in an unsportsman-like or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTESTANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GAME IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, RK DIXON RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH CONTESTANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
- Limitations of Liability: RK Dixon is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submission in the contest. RK Dixon assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. RK Dixon is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participants or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this contest. If, for any reason, the contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of RK Dixon, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this contest, RK Dixon reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest.
- Winners' Names: For the names of the finalists and subsequent winner, visit www.rkdixon.com.
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