1. #CountdownToSpring Gardening Giveaways
At TruGreen, we get excited for spring to kick off
the official Live Life Outside season. But spring
isn’t just one of our favorite times of year, it’s
also our busiest! This is the time of year where
we get to enjoy watching your lawn flourish and
grow, reaping the benefits of quality fall prep.
We want you to be just as excited about
experiencing spring growth. In an effort to get in
the spring spirit, we’re hosting
#CountdownToSpring giveaways on Twitter
where you’ll have a chance to win a gardening kit including a tool set, seed starters and seed packets!
Enter once per day by tweeting @TruGreen with what you enjoy or look forward to most and include
#CountdownToSpring. See below for complete rules.
And for a list of 8 tips to get your lawn in shape now, check out: #SpringIsComing: Your Spring Lawn
Maintenance Checklist.
TruGreen®
#CountdownToSpring Giveaways
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. A
PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. By entering, you
understand that you are providing your information to TruGreen Limited Partnership
(“TruGreen”) and not to Twitter. The information you provide will only be used in marketing as it
directly relates to TruGreen. The Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or
administered by or associated with Twitter. Information collected in this Sweepstakes will be
used in accordance with the Sponsor’s privacy policy which may be viewed at
http://www.trugreen.com/about/privacy-policy/
1. SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY DATES: The TruGreen® #CountdownToSpring
Giveaways (the “Sweepstakes”) entry period begins on Monday, February 22, 2016
at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time and ends on Monday, March 21, 2016 at
11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (the “Sweepstakes Period”). Entry in the
Sweepstakes does not constitute entry into any other promotion, contest or
sweepstakes. There will be one (1) drawing periods to award four (4) prizes. By
participating in the Sweepstakes, each entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to
comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of TruGreen Limited
Partnership, 860 Ridge Lake Blvd., Memphis, TN 38120 ("TruGreen" or “Sponsor”).
2. 2. ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the United States and the
District of Columbia at the time of entry and who are at least eighteen (18) years of age
at the time of entry. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, Sweepstakes prize
suppliers, and each of their affiliated companies, subsidiaries, licensees, distributors,
dealers, sales representatives, retailers, printers, individuals engaged in the
development, production or distribution of materials, their Advertising and
Sweepstakes agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the
Sweepstakes agents (collectively, the “Sweepstakes Entities”), and each of their
immediate family members and/or people living in the same household are not eligible
to enter or win. All eligibility is subject to all federal, state and local laws and
regulations. All entries submitted are the property of the Sponsor. The Sponsor's
database clock will be the timekeeper for the Sweepstakes.
3. HOW TO ENTER:
You may enter this Sweepstakes via Twitter.
1. You must submit a tweet sharing what you enjoy or look forward to most in spring
(“Entry”).
2. Partial or incomplete/piecemeal submissions on Twitter without the hashtag
#CountdownToSpring and @TruGreen, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED as Sweepstakes
entries and shall not be eligible for any prize.
3. All submitted will be reviewed by the Sponsor for adherence to these Official Rules.
4. Limit: One (1) entry per person per day.
Follow these easy steps to enter:
Twitter: Tweet an eligible entry and tag it with #CountdownToSpring and
@TruGreen. Your entry will be reviewed for compliance and if approved you
will be included in the Sweepstakes drawing. Twitter's terms
(https://twitter.com/tos) apply.
Limit: You may enter once per day. Once a valid entry is made it WILL be carried
forward to any other remaining drawings.
Entry submissions may not contain, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion,
any
a) sexually explicit or suggestive; violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial,
gender, religious, professional or age group; profane or pornographic; contains nudity;
b) promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the
foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; promotes any
particular political agenda or message;
c) is obscene or offensive; endorses any form of hate or hate group; appears to
duplicate any other video submission;
d) defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about other people or
companies;
3. e) contains any personal identification, such as personal names, photos or e-mail
addresses;
f) communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or good
will to which the Sponsor wishes to associate;
g) infringes the rights of any third party; and/or
h) violates any law.
By entering, entrant affirms that he/she has unconditionally assigns and transfers to
Sponsor all rights, title, interest and claim, which it now has or may in the future have to
his/her entry and any element(s) embodied therein. Sponsor and its designees shall
have the right to edit, publish, use, adapt, reproduce, exploit, modify or dispose of any
entry and all elements of such entry, online, in print, film, television, or in any other media
now or hereafter known throughout the world.
Entries made by any other individual other than the person named in the entry or by
any entity, including but not limited to commercial sweepstakes subscription
notification and/or entering services, will be declared invalid and disqualified for the
Sweepstakes. Tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes
is prohibited and any entries deemed by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, to have been
submitted in this manner will be void. In case of a dispute over the identity of an entrant,
the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be
the entrant. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the person who is assigned to
an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other
organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain
associated with the submitted email address. All entry materials submitted become the
property of the Sponsor and will not be returned or acknowledged.
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes if fraud or technical failures
destroy the integrity of the Sweepstakes as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion,
and to award the Prizes based on eligible entries received prior to the cancellation.
Sponsor is not responsible for problems downloading or uploading of any
Sweepstakes-related information to or from the web site or for any other technical
malfunctions of electronic equipment, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers,
computer hardware or software failures, phone lines, failure of any electronic mail entry
to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems, traffic, congestion on the
internet or the web site, or any other technical problems related to web site entries
including telecommunication miscommunication or failure, and failed, lost, delayed,
incomplete, garbled or misdirected communications which may limit an entrant’s ability
to participate in the Sweepstakes.
4. RANDOM DRAWING: Random drawings will be conducted based on the below
schedule from all eligible entries received during the relevant Sweepstakes Period by
the Sponsor.
Drawing Entry begins at
12:01 a.m. EST:
Entry Ends at
11:59:59 p.m.
EST:
Anticipated
drawing date:
Number of
prizes
awarded:
Drawing 02/22/16 03/21/16 03/22/16 4 prizes
4. Potential winners will be notified via Twitter direct message within two (2) days of the
applicable drawing date (“Prize Notification”) and will be required to respond and provide
their email, full name, mailing address, date of birth and phone number (including area
code) within forty-eight (48) hours of direct message or other form of communication.
Prize Notification by Twitter direct message shall be deemed to have occurred on the date
Sponsor or Sponsor’s designee first attempts to make contact with a potential winner. If a
prospective potential winner is found to be ineligible for any reason, prize notification is
returned as undeliverable, Sponsor is unable to contact a potential winner, non-response
by potential winner or Sponsor’s failure to receive a response from a potential winner
within the prescribed time period will result in disqualification and an alternate potential
winner may be selected at Sponsor’s sole discretion and time permitting. Sponsor is not
responsible for unsuccessful efforts to notify any potential winner.
5. GENERAL PRIZE RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS: By entering, each entrant agrees
on behalf of itself and each of entrant’s heirs, executors, and administrators (A) TO
RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES, SPONSOR,
TWITTER AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, SHAREHOLDERS, INSURERS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS,
AFFILIATES, PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, REPRESENTATIVES,
ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, AND FULFILLMENT AGENCIES, AND LEGAL
ADVISORS (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any liability, illness, injury, death,
loss, litigation, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by
negligence or not, from such entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes and/or his/her
acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of Prize or any portion thereof (including any
travel related thereto); (B) that Released Parties have neither made nor are in any
manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee express or
implied, in fact or in law, with respect to any Prize, including, without limitation, to such
Prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose; and (C) to be bound by these Official
Rules and to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error therein or in the
Sweepstakes itself, and to be bound by all decisions of the Sponsor, which are binding
and final. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disqualification from
the Sweepstakes at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
6. PRIZES/ODDS OF WINNING: Only the Prizes listed below will be awarded in the
Sweepstakes. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received prior
to each drawing.
FOUR (4) PRIZES
Each Prize winner will receive the following prize pack:
One (1) Gardening Tool Set
One (1) Seed Starter Kit
One (1) Seed Packet
Total approximate retail value of each prize pack $70.
LIMIT: One prize per household.
Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or stolen prizes. All other incidental
expenses not mentioned herein are the responsibility of the prize winner. All taxes on
prizes are the prize winner’s sole responsibility. Prize is not transferable or redeemable for
5. cash. Sponsor reserves the right to make equivalent substitutions as necessary, due to
circumstances not under its control. Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery of any prize.
DISQUALIFICATION: Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any
individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the
Sweepstakes, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an
unsportsman-like or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the
legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any
other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from
any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. No mechanically reproduced,
illegible, incomplete, forged, software-generated or other automated multiple entries will
be accepted. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is
determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise
remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or
illegal provision were not contained herein.
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: The Released Parties are not responsible for, and
entrant hereby releases the Released Parties from any claims arising from: (i)
technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any
computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (ii) the unavailability or inaccessibility
of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iii) unauthorized human
intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (iv) electronic or
human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the
processing of entries; (v) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but
not limited to entrant's computer, hardware or software, which may be caused, directly
or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes and
(vi) use of any Prize.
8. DISPUTES: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes,
claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Sweepstakes or any
prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action,
and exclusively by the state of Tennessee, (2) any and all claims, judgments and
awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs
associated with entering the Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3)
unless otherwise prohibited, under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain
awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental
and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-
pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise
increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation
and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant
and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the state of Tennessee, without giving effect to any
choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of state of Tennessee or any other
jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other
than state of Tennessee.
9. Winners List: For the name of the prize winners (available after March 22, 2016),
send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: "TruGreen #CountdownToSpring