Billy’s Birthday Party Contest Rules

THIS CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR RESIDENTS OF CANADA ONLY AND IS GOVERNED BY CANADIAN LAW

  1. How to Enter:
    1. Purchase Requirements: No purchase necessary.
    2. Who is Running the Contest: This contest is offered by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection Inc. (the “Canadian Centre”), a registered charity that provides programs, services and information to the Canadian public on the issue of child safety.
    3. Who can enter: This contest is limited to primary school teachers in Canada (excluding Quebec) whose class is comprised, partly or wholly, of students in grade one.
    4. How to enter: To enter, contestants may either:
      1. visit the following link http://www.billybuddy.ca/app/en/teachers_kit_eval_start and complete the teacher evaluation form. Upon completing the evaluation, the teacher may enter the contest by providing their name, the name of the school they teach at, the complete mailing address of the school, and their contact phone number and email address at the school.
      2. Provide a submission that outlines in detail how their class used the Billy Brings His Buddies program. Submissions may be in the form of a video of the class being taught the Billy Brings His Buddies safety strategy, a photo collage, or a written account of the class’ experience and ought to be sent to: Canadian Centre for Child Protection c/o Billy Birthday Party Contest, 615 Academy Road, Winnipeg, MB, R3N 0E7. Selected contestants will be required to correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question without mechanical aid before being declared a winner.
    5. Commencement Date and Closing Date: The contest commences at 12:01am on October 1st, 2012 and closes on April 26th, 2013 at 11:59 pm CST. Entries received after this time will not be eligible. All times specified in these rules refer to CST, Central Standard Time.
    6. Limited Entry: Limit one entry per teacher, per class.
  2. Prizes – There are 3 prizes available to be won. A prize consists of a contribution by the Canadian Centre tangible items to be used by the teacher to host a birthday party for the students in his/her classroom. Each prize includes the following contributions by the Canadian Centre:
    1. a Billy Birthday Party e-Vite, that the teacher can use to send to parents of grade one students in the winning class (the e-Vite will be emailed to the teacher for forwarding on);
    2. shipping of certain party supplies including: Billy balloons and a birthday banner to decorate the classroom; “Billy” themed birthday activities; “Billy” themed gift bags for each student in the class to take home which will include: Billy birthday stickers, Billy balloons, Billy erasers and a postcard for parents of the grade one students promoting the Billy Brings His Buddies program and website;
    3. a financial contribution towards a Billy-decorated birthday cake (details below); and
    4. the potential for a “Billy” costume to be shipped to the teacher in advance of the party for the teacher to use during the party, on the understanding the teacher will be responsible for shipping such costume back to the Canadian Centre at the Canadian Centre’s cost (details below).
    Additional Prize Details:
    Cake: The teacher will be responsible obtaining a cost estimate for the cake and associated supplies (paper plates, plastic forks, napkins), and having the cost of such items pre-approved by the Canadian Centre; and then ordering, picking up and paying for the cake and associated supplies. Upon receiving the receipt for such items the Canadian Centre will reimburse the teacher, to a maximum of the cost pre-approved by the Canadian Centre.

    Costume: The Canadian Centre has one Billy costume and so the availability of the costume portion of the prize will depend upon a number of factors outside of the control of the Canadian Centre and accordingly cannot be guaranteed. If the costume cannot be shipped in time for the party for any reason, no substitution of that portion of the prize will be provided. The Canadian Centre will pay the shipping costs associated with shipping the costume back to the Canadian Centre.

    The Canadian Centre reserves the right to make prize substitutions of equivalent value in the event of unavailability of the prizes or any aspect thereof for reasons beyond the control of the Canadian Centre. The prizes must be accepted as awarded without substitution, cannot be transferred and are not convertible to cash.
  3. Selection of Winners – There are 2 ways to enter the contest as set out in 1(d). A minimum of one (1) winner will be selected from entries that were submitted by way of completion of the evaluation form as described in 1(d)(i) above in a random draw by the Canadian Centre on or before May 3rd, 2013. For the remaining 2 winners the following shall apply:
    1. If only one eligible entry was submitted by a contestant making a submission as described in 1(d)(ii) above, then that submission will be awarded 1 of the 2 remaining prizes. The third winner will then be selected from entries that were submitted by way of completion of the evaluation form as described in 1(d)(i) above in a random draw by the Canadian Centre on or before May 3rd, 2013; or
    2. If 2 or more eligible entries were submitted by a contestant making a submission as described in 1(d)(ii) above, the Canadian Centre shall hold a random draw among only those entries to select the final two (2) winners.
    Each winner can win only one prize. Winners will be contacted by email at the email addresses indicated on the winning entry forms within 2 weeks of the draw taking place. If the winner is unable to be reached by email, the Canadian Centre will attempt to contact them at the phone number they provided. If a winner is unable to be reached within two weeks from the initial email, he or she will forfeit their prize and another eligible entry will be drawn. All prizes will be delivered to confirmed winners.
  4. Contest Closing Date - The contest closing date is April 26th, 2013 at 11:59pm CST.
  5. Contest Eligibility – This contest is not open to residents of Quebec. To participate in this contest, contestants must be 18 years of age or older in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island or 19 years of age or older in the remaining provinces and territories, and a resident of Canada. For contestants who enter by completing an online evaluation of the Billy Brings His Buddies lesson plan, such contestant must be the person in charge of delivering the “Billy Brings His Buddies” program to a class of students in grade 1 to participate in this contest. Employees of the Canadian Centre or Child Find (Ontario) Incorporated and any employee of their respective agents, representatives, promotional agencies and assignees, and persons with whom they reside, are not eligible to win this contest.
  6. Chances of Winning - The chances of winning will depend on the total number of eligible entries received before the contest closing date in accordance with these rules.
  7. Release and Waiver - Winners will be required to complete, sign, and return a declaration, release and waiver of liability in the form provided by the Canadian Centre within the time specified by the Canadian Centre, and must have abided by the contest rules. Failure to return the duly completed declaration, release and waiver forms within the time stipulated, or failure to abide by these rules will result in disqualification and another entry will be randomly selected from the remaining eligible entries from the region.
  8. Decisions Final - By entering the contest, contestants agree to be bound by these contest rules and agree that all decisions made by the Canadian Centre with respect to all aspects of this contest are final and not subject to challenge. These rules may be amended at any time by the Canadian Centre without notice. The Canadian Centre expressly reserves the right to take any steps it deems necessary in its absolute discretion, including the limiting of entries and the exclusion of contestants, in order to ensure that the contest is conducted in a fair way for all contestants and for the Canadian Centre.
  9. Limitation of Liability - The Canadian Centre and its employees, agents, representatives, promotional agencies and assignees shall not be responsible in any way for loss or damage arising from the use of, or bear any liability whatsoever in any way attributable to, the prizes awarded in this contest or the entry by any contestant herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Canadian Centre assumes no responsibility or liability for: any risk or dangers associated with the acceptance or use of the prizes awarded as part of this contest; any liability associated with or arising from online or electronic entries, and; expressly disclaims liability from loss or damage to a contestant's, or any other person’s, computer system or other hardware resulting from participating in the contest and for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer systems or servers, computer software problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website.
  10. Entries belong to C3P - All entries become the property of the Canadian Centre and will not be returned.
  11. Lost Entries - The Canadian Centre is not responsible for any lost, misdirected, illegible, incomplete or delayed entries.
  12. Consent to the Collection and Use of Personal Information - By entering the contest, contestants consent to the use and publication of their name and the name of the school they teach at, in connection with the contest, without payment or compensation other than the chance to win the prize awarded. Contestants who enter by completing the evaluation form, or through a submission also consent to publication by the Canadian Centre of any statements or endorsements made in the evaluation or submission in a non-personally identifiable manner (e.g. “This program is very valuable” – Grade 1 Teacher, British Columbia).The personal information obtained from the contest entry form will not be used or disclosed by C3P for any purpose other than general contest administration and the purpose set forth herein.
  13. Applicable Laws - This contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.
  14. Cancellations, Suspensions or Modifications - The Canadian Centre may, in its discretion, cancel, suspend or modify this contest without liability to anyone whatsoever. If for any reason the online evaluation is not capable of being completed as planned, including but not limited to computer lines, bugs, tampering, technical failures or other causes beyond its control, the Canadian Centre reserves the right to cancel, suspend or modify the contest.
  15. Errors and Omissions Excepted - The Canadian Centre is not responsible for any errors whatsoever in the Contest Rules or promotion of the Contest, including without limitation any printing, distribution or production errors and may, in its discretion, withdraw this contest if it is found to contain any such error, without liability to anyone whatsoever.