Contest Rules and Regulations

The MS Society of Canada

“Register for MS Read-a-thon 2022 and make a donation by January 27, 2022 and be entered to win an Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet and a $100 gift card to buy books.” 

1. THE CONTEST AND THE CONTEST PERIOD

MS Read-a-thon “As a registered participant, make a donation to the campaign by January 27, 2022 11:59:59 pm PT to be entered to win an Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet and a $100 Amazon Gift Card. (The “Contest”) commences at 12:01am ET on January 13, 2022 and concludes at 11:59:59 pm PT on January 27, 2022 (the “Contest Period”).

2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
3. ELIGIBITY

The Contest includes Canadian residents (excluding Quebec) under the age of majority (18) if their application is accompanied by a completed waiver and release from their parent or legal guardian. Entrants under the age of majority must download the Contest release form from the website and have their parent or legal guardian review, approve, sign it and have it witnessed before submitting their entry. Entrants under the age of majority who do not have a valid parent/legal guardian signature on the Contest release form will not be permitted to participate in the Contest.

All entrants must attest to their eligibility as stipulated in these rules and their acceptance of these rules using the registration waiver.

4. DECLARATION OF INTEGRITY

All information requested by and supplied to MS Society by each entrant must be truthful, accurate and in no way misleading. MS Society reserves the right to disqualify any entrant from the Contest in its discretion should the entrant at any stage supply untruthful, inaccurate or misleading details and/or information or should the entrant be ineligible at any stage of the Contest pursuant to the Contest rules.

5. HOW TO ENTER

To be eligible, participants must be registered for the 2022 MS Read-a-thon and have made a donation of any dollar amount before the Contest deadline. In order to register for the contest, log on to msreadathon.ca and register for MS Read-a-thon, and make a donation to the campaign.

6. HOW TO WIN

All those registered for MS Read-a-thon and have made a donation of any amount to MS Read-a-thon by the Contest deadline will be entered into a draw to be randomly selected to win one (1) Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet and one $100 Amazon gift card. Eligibility for individual gift cards will be determined by provincial registration.

7. CORRUPT ENTRIES

Any online entry or phone entry or material used in this competition that have been tampered with, altered, reproduced, not legitimately obtained or which contain or reflect any error will be void. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, MS Society reserves the right to cancel or suspend this Contest for any reason including fraud, technical failures, any network server or hardware failure, viruses, bugs, errors in programming, or any other errors or causes beyond the control of MS Society that may corrupt the administration, security or proper execution of the Contest.

8. THE GRAND PRIZE

The grand prize winners will be made aware via phone upon the confirmation. Once claimed the winners may be recognized online at msreadathon.ca and/or other MS Society marketing collateral.

One (1) prize will be awarded.

9. GRAND PRIZE VALUE

The retail value of each Grand Prize is $300. 

10. DEADLINE FOR CLAIMING GRAND PRIZE

The Grand Prize winner must respond to and claim the Grand Prize via mail, email or telephone by February 4, 2022 (the “Deadline”). If the Grand Prize winner fails either to claim the Grand Prize or inform the MS Society of Canada of his or her inability to claim the Grand Prize before the Deadline, his or her entry will be forfeited.

11. REFUSAL TO ACCEPT

Refusal to accept an award releases MS Society of Canada as well as its directors, officers and employees of all responsibility and obligations towards its winner.

12. EXPENSES

The Grand Prize winner is responsible for all incidental expenses incurred in connection with accepting the Grand Prize (the “Expenses”) including, but not limited to, meals and ground transportation. The Grand Prize winner understands that he or she may not seek reimbursement for the Expenses from the MS Society of Canada, the Affiliates, the Sponsors or their respective advertising and promotional agencies.

13. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF ENTRIES PERMITTED

Multiple entries are permitted based on fundraising results during the contest period only. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are falsified in any way.

14. CHANCES OF WINNING

Chances of winning depend on the total number of qualifying registered Contest participants.

15. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES

The MS Society of Canada does not make any representation or offers of warranty, express or implied, as to the quality or fitness of the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize winner understands and acknowledges that he or she may not seek reimbursement or pursue any legal or equitable remedy from the MS Society of Canada should the Grand Prize fail to be fit for its purpose or is in any way unsatisfactory to the Grand Prize winner.

16. DECLARATION AND RELEASE OF GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Before being awarded the Grand Prize, the Grand Prize winner must:

1. Sign a standard form confirming that by entering the Contest
   1. he or she read, understood and accepted these rules and regulations;
   2. that he or she understands that acceptance of the Grand Prize may involve danger and/or exposure to risks and hazards of both man-made and natural origin, whether arising from foreseeable or unforeseeable human error and negligence, and that, as a result, he or she may suffer damage to personal property, serious personal injury, illness or even death;
   3. that he or she nevertheless freely and voluntarily agrees and does hereby assume any and all risks of personal injury, illness, death arising out of or connected with his or her participation in the Contest and winning the Grand Prize; and
   4. that he or she releases the MS Society of Canada, the Sponsors, their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, advertising and promotional agencies and their respective officers, directors, employees (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all liability arising in connection with participation in the Contest and acceptance of the Grand Prize, including, without limitation, any financial, legal or moral responsibility or loss or personal injury including death or damage to or loss of property suffered or incurred or arising from participating in the Contest or accepting the Grand Prize, whether suffered by the Grand Prize winner or his or her guest, or by his or her heirs, administrators, personal representatives or executors, and notwithstanding that such injuries or losses may have been caused solely or partly by any act, omission, negligence or gross negligence of any or all of the Releasees.
   5. he or she understood MS Society of Canada as well as its directors, officers and employees shall assume no liability resulting from losses, delays, mistaken addresses, typographical errors, errors on printed or electronic material, technical, computer or telephone malfunctions, loss or theft of computer data, damage to software or computer equipment, fraudulent calls or any other mistake.

17. GRAND PRIZE TO BE ACCEPTED AS AWARDED

The decision of the Contest judges is final, and the Grand Prizes must be accepted as awarded. No portion of the Grand Prizes are transferable. The Grand Prizes are not redeemable for cash and no substitute for any portion of the Grand Prize is offered. Should the Grand Prize winners be unable to claim the Grand Prize as awarded, his or her entry will be forfeited and another eligible Contest entrant will be selected.

In the event of any dispute concerning the operation of any element of the Contest or these Contest rules, the decision of MS Society of Canada will be final.

18. SUBSTITUTION OR CHANGE TO THE CONTEST

The MS Society of Canada, the Sponsors and their respective advertising and promotional agencies reserve the right to substitute the Grand Prizes, or any component thereof, for those of approximately the same value and reserve the right to change the Contest rules or terminate or withdraw the Contest at any time without prior notice.

19. INTENTION TO DO HARM

Any attempt by an entrant or participant to deliberately damage the website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest, including but not limited to any fraudulent claims, may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, MS Society of Canada reserves the right to seek remedies and damages from any such individual to the fullest extent permitted by the law, including criminal prosecution.

20. LIABILITY

MS Society of Canada as well as its directors, officers and employees shall assume no liability whatsoever for any situation in which their inability to act results from an event or situation unforeseeable or beyond their control, including but not limited to forced majeure, strike, lockout or any other labour dispute at their locations or where this Contest is held.

21. OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES

All entries shall become the property of MS Society of Canada, the Sponsors and their advertising and promotional agencies. The Releasees assume no responsibility for lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise indecipherable entries due to any failure or technical malfunction of the telephone network, online computer systems of equipment, servers, access providers, software, poor reception, technical problems, failure of any email or submission or due to any other reason regardless of cause.

22. CONSENT TO USE OF PERSONALITY

By entering the Contest, each entrant, including the Grand Prize winner, consents to the use of his or her name, city of residence, photograph, voice, likeness, image or any other aspect of his or her personality for any publicity and programming purposes, commercial or otherwise, in all media used by MS Society of Canada, the Sponsors, promoters and their advertising and promotional agencies, without any payment or compensation.

Entrants acknowledge that MS Society of Canada, its directors, officers and employees, agents and any person or entity connected with the Contest (“MS Representatives”) are not responsible for and are in no way liable for any injuries, loss or damages arising from the Contest. Entrants agree not to make any demand or pursue a lawsuit against any MS Representatives for defamation, invasion of privacy, negligence, intentional tort or any similar cause of action arising in any way out of any use, exploitation, reproduction and distribution by MS Representatives of the entry. Entrants also agree to indemnify them and hold harmless MS Representatives from all claims, demands, actions, suits or other proceedings and all damages and costs (including reasonable legal fees) brought by third parties arising in any way out of any use, exploitation, reproduction and distribution by MS Society of Canada or MS Representatives of the entry.

23. CONSENT TO COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

By entering the Contest and voluntarily providing personal information including, but not limited to, name, address, city, email address, home and office telephone numbers (the “Registrant Information”), each Contest entrant grants permission to MS Society of Canada and the Sponsors to the collection and use of the Registrant Information for the exclusive purpose of administering the Contest and selecting the Grand Prize winner(s).

24. WHERE CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS AVAILABLE

These rules and regulations are available online at msreadathon.ca/contest

25. COMPLIANCE WITH CONTEST RULES

All contestants agree to abide by the Contest rules, which are subject to change at the sole discretion of MS Society of Canada.

26. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

This Contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all federal, provincial, territorial and municipal laws and regulations of Canada and of each province, territory and municipality of Canada, respectively.