Melvincares.com Grand Opening Sweepstakes
OFFICIAL RULES
1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
2. Three Ways to Enter. Sweepstakes begins February 11, 2007 and ends
December 31, 2007. 1. Entry with membership.
Two sweepstakes entries with purchase of a two-year membership in Melvincares.com; one entry
with a one-year membership. 2. Entry with referral.
Three sweepstakes entries for each new Melvincares.com member who lists entrant as the referral
source. 3. Enter by mail. No purchase or membership necessary.
Hand print your name, age, street address (no P.O. boxes accepted), city, state, zip code and
daytime telephone number on a 3x5 card, sign the card with your signature, and mail in a standard
business envelope to: Melvincares.com Grand Opening Sweepstakes, c/o Music Equals Love, Inc.,
P.O. Box 513, La Crosse, WI 54601. Only one entry per envelope. No reproduced or
photocopies will be accepted. Additional entry conditions: Limit 600 entries per
person, regardless of method used. Subsequent entries from the same individual will be
disqualified. Only memberships completed by December 31, 2007, will qualify for entries; mailed
entries must be postmarked by December 31, 2007, and received by January 7, 2008, to be eligible.
Music Equals Love, Inc. (“Sponsor”) and its affiliates and agents are not responsible
for lost, late, or misdirected entries or the operation of the Sweepstakes. Entries become the
property of sponsor and will not be returned.
3. Eligibility. Sweepstakes entry open to legal U.S. residents 18 and older
residing in the 50 United States (includes D.C.). Void where prohibited. Employees of Sponsor
and its promotional and other agencies involved in this promotion, and the immediate family
(parents, spouses, siblings, children) and households of all such employees, are not
eligible. Sweepstakes is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
4. Prizing. One Grand Prize: $10,000 cash paid to winner
(corporate check) and $10,000 donation by Sponsor in winner’s honor to The ONE Campaign.
No prize substitution or transfer, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a comparable
prize of equal or greater value. All taxes on prize are the sole responsibility of winner.
5. Prize winner.
Winner will be selected in a random drawing under Sponsor’s supervision on or about
January 15, 2008, from among all eligible entries received. Sponsor’s decisions on all
matters relating to this sweepstakes are final. Potential prize winner(s) will be notified by
telephone and mail or express delivery on or about January 18, 2008, at the address on entry
and may be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility, publicity release and
mutually acceptable Liability Release within 14 days of the date notice is sent or such other
date set by sponsor. Failure to respond within the applicable time period will result in
forfeiture of prize and Sponsor shall have the option to award the prize to an alternate
winner. If prize is won by a minor, it will be awarded in the name of a parent/legal guardian,
who must sign and return all required documents. If prize or prize notification letter is
returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited. Winner agrees that sponsor may use
winner’s name and likeness for advertising and publicity purposes without additional
compensation (except where prohibited). Limit one prize per person.
6. Odds: Odds of winning depend on the number of entries received.
7. By entering, entrant agrees to accept and abide by the rules of this
Sweepstakes. All decisions by Sponsor regarding this Sweepstakes are final. By accepting the
prize, entrant agrees to hold harmless Sponsor and its parent companies, affiliates,
subsidiaries, service agencies, and independent contractors and the officers, directors,
employees, agents, and representatives of the above organizations from any injury, loss or
damage to person, including death or property, due in-whole or in-part, directly or indirectly,
to the acceptance or use/misuse of a prize, participation in any Sweepstakes-related activity
or participation in the Sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or
other error in the printing of this offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or the
announcement of prizes, including such errors that may result in the erroneous notification
that a prize is being awarded. In no event will more prizes be awarded than described in these
Official Rules. In the event Sponsor is prevented from continuing with this Sweepstakes, or the
integrity and/or feasibility of the Sweepstakes is undermined by any event, Sponsor shall have
the right, in its discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the promotion
without further obligation. If so, Sponsor reserves the right, but not the obligation, to award
the prize from among all valid and eligible entries received up to the time of such Force Majeure event.
8. List of Winner: Winner’s name will be posted at
www.melvincares.com. Or, send a self-addressed, stamped
envelope to Grand Opening Sweepstakes Winner’s List,
Music Equals Love, Inc., P.O. Box 513, La Crosse, WI 54601.
9. Sponsor: Music Equals Love, Inc., P.O. Box 513, La Crosse, WI 54601.
© 2007 Music Equals Love, Inc.
The ONE Campaign
is not a sponsor and is not affiliated with this contest except as a donation recipient.