STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE “SWEET SURPRISE”
OFFICIAL RULES

THIS CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR RESIDENTS OF CANADA ONLY, EXCLUDING QUEBEC, AND WILL BE INTERPRETED ACCORDING TO CANADIAN LAW. VOID IN WHOLE OR IN PART WHERE PROHIBITED. BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST, YOU ACCEPT THESE CONTEST RULES.

How to enter

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY.

Website: To enter, visit www.family.ca and click on the Strawberry Shortcake “Sweet Surprise” Contest icon to access the contest microsite.  Once you have opened the contest microsite, play the “Sweet Surprise” Personality Quiz to be eligible to enter the contest.  Then click on the ENTER button to access the standard contest entry form.  Fill out the entry form and enter your first name, last name, city, province, e-mail address, age range, and telephone number.  The contest runs from 10:00 a.m. on February 22, 2010 Eastern Standard Time (“ET”) to midnight ET on April 4, 2010.

OR

Mail:  Send us your full name, address, city, province, telephone number and age.  Mail your entry to: 

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE “SWEET SURPRISE” CONTEST
C/O Family Channel
Brookfield Place
181 Bay Street, P.O. Box 787
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2T3

All entries are the property of Family Channel Inc. (“Family”) and will not be returned.

All mail entries must be received by no later than April 4, 2010 at midnight ET (the “Closing Date”). 

Eligibility:
The contest is open to permanent lawful residents of Canada only, excluding residents of Quebec and excluding employees (and their immediate family members or persons with whom they are domiciled) of Family, (Family the “Sponsor”) or Hasbro Inc. (the “Toy Prize Provider”) and their respective member companies, affiliates and subsidiaries, and advertising and promotional agencies. The contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.  Contest void where prohibited by law.  Family reserves the right to cancel or suspend this contest in the event of any accident, or administrative or other error of any kind. By entering this contest, entrant (or his/her parent/legal guardian, if a minor) acknowledges compliance with, and agrees to be bound by, these Contest Rules

An entrant under the age of majority in his/her province of residence must have parent or legal guardian consent to his/her participation.  Proof of identification and parental consent must be provided upon request.  If a parent or legal guardian does not provide consent, or if proof of identification can not obtained the entry will be disqualified. The contact information collected by Family with your entry will only be used to award the contest prizes and to administer the contest.  Family will not use this personal information for any other reason and will not otherwise disclose this personal information to any other party.

The Sponsors take no responsibility for entries that are lost, misdirected, delayed, incomplete, garbled or received after the contest deadline. 

Limit of one (1) entry, per day, per person.  Only one e-mail address and account may be used by any person to enter the Contest.  In the event that Family receives more than one (1) entry per person, per day, via either regular mail, or one of the above websites, for the duration of the contest, they reserve the right to void and destroy duplicate entries and that entrant may, at the discretion of the Sponsors, be disqualified from the Contest. 

Should it be discovered that an entrant is using the aid of computer programs to auto-fill entries, that entrant will be immediately disqualified from the Contest.  Family reserves the right to disqualify all such contestants from future contests conducted by Family without further notice.  By submitting a contest entry, participants agree to be bound by these rules.

In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner based on an e-mail address, the winning entry will be deemed to be made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address at the time of entry.  The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the e-mail address in question.

The Draw

A random draw will be held at or around 11:00am ET on April 7,2010 at Family’s office located at 181 Bay Street, Brookfield Place, Toronto, Ontario, from all eligible entries received on or before the contest Closing Date.  There will be one (1) Grand Prize Draw and twenty five (25) Secondary prize draws.  The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received by any of the methods of entry.  Many will enter, few will win.

“Sweet Surprise” Contest Prizes

There is one (1) Grand prize package to be won consisting of:

  • A total amount of one thousand dollars (CDN $1,000.00) cash to be used towards a Shopping Spree attended by Grand Prize Winner and his/her guest (“Guest”) If the Grand Prize Winner is under the age of majority in his/her province or territory of residence, he/she must accompanied by his/her parent or legal guardian, who has agreed to be fully and legally responsible for the winner, as his/her Guest while on the Shopping Spree and at lunch.The Location of the Shopping Spree and lunch will be determined by Sponsor based on Grand Prize Winner’s place of residence.
  • A total amount of one hundred dollars (CDN $100.00) cash to be used towards lunch for the Grand Prize Winner and his/her Guest on the day of the Shopping Spree.
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Magic Braid Doll
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Mini Doll Fab Fashion Assortment
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Mini Doll Story in a Box Assortment
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Petal Splashing Pool
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Fashion Boutique
  • One (1) PLAY-DOH Strawberry Shortcake Can Topper
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Bucket Hat
  • One (1) “The Strawberry Shortcake Berryfest Princess Movie” DVD
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Therapeutic Cold Pack Duo
  • One (1) “Strawberry Shortcake Berry Sweet Friends” Book
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Carry Case

Approximate Retail Value of the Grand Prize package is CDN $1,240.55

Transportation to and from the Shopping Spree and/or the lunch are not included with the Grand Prize. Additional meals, transportation, fuel charges, gratuities, telephone calls, taxes (including any income tax), and any other expense not expressly included in the Grand Prize are not included and are the responsibility of the Winner. Guest must comply with all Contest Rules, and must also sign and return the declaration and release form (described below).

There are twenty five (25) secondary prize packages to be won, each consisting of:

  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Magic Braid Doll
  • One (1) PLAY-DOH Strawberry Shortcake Can Topper
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Bucket Hat
  • One (1) “The Strawberry Shortcake Berryfest Princess Movie” DVD
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Therapeutic Cold Pack Duo
  • One (1) “Strawberry Shortcake Berry Sweet Friends” Book
  • One (1) Strawberry Shortcake Carry Case

Approximate Retail Value of each Secondary Prize is CDN $84.59

Acceptance of Prize

Entrants selected as winners must correctly complete a mathematical skill testing question and must sign a declaration confirming compliance with the rules and regulations and acceptance of the prize as awarded, and a release form indemnifying, and acknowledging the non-responsibility of the Sponsors and the Toy Prize Provider, their affiliates and/or associates and their respective agents, employees and officers and directors with regard to any injury, accident, damage, claim, liability, loss or misfortune related to any aspects of the contest, prize, the acceptance, use, misuse, possession and delivery of the prize,  printing errors, claims based upon publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy, prior to being awarded the Prize. The Grand Prize Winner’s Guest must also sign a declaration and release as described above. If a winner or Guest is a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian must sign a declaration and release form on his/her behalf in order for the winner to claim his/her prize.

Selected entrants will be notified by telephone or e-mail within five (5) days of the draw.  Selected entrants will then have five (5) days following receipt thereof to contact Family and provide requested documentation to claim their prize.  Should Family not receive confirmation within five (5) days, or should a selected entrant be unable to correctly answer the skill testing question or complete a declaration and release by the date specified, the selected entrant will be deemed to have forfeited any rights to the prize and an alternate entrant will be selected from the same manner by random draw taken from the same pool of entries, in which event, the foregoing provisions of this sentence shall also apply to such other eligible entry.  All prize taxes, if any, are the responsibility of the winner.  Limit one (1) prize per person or household.

Family or its appointed designee shall deliver the prize to the winner where applicable.

The Sponsors will not be held responsible for the loss of prizes due to changes in mailing addresses, errors in completed entry forms or any other circumstances leading to an invalid, erroneous or incomplete mailing address or e-mail address.
General

All entries become the property of Family and will not be returned.

Prize must be accepted as awarded and may not be exactly as shown. No substitutions are available. Family, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to substitute any portion of the Grand Prize or Secondary Prizes with a prize of equal or greater value.  Prizes are non-transferable, non-refundable and have no cash value. 

Each entrant agrees to waive all rights with respect to print and broadcast publicity. By entering the contest and accepting a prize, the winner or parent or legal guardian of the winner hereby consents to the reasonable use by Family of the winner's photograph, voice, likeness and/or image, prizing information, contents of the entry and the name and age of the winner without any further compensation for any future promotional activity in relation to this Contest.  Each entrant consents and agrees to the Sponsor’s collection and use of the information provided by the entrant for the purpose of conducting and administering this Contest.  Each entrant agrees to be bound by these Contest Rules and Regulations.

The Sponsors are not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry of registration or entry information which may affect an entrants’ inability to get through on the internet during the promotion or ability to participate in the Contest, including but not limited to human error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed/corrupted data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof, any inability to access the site, or damage to a user's system occasioned by participating in the Contest, and entries which fail to fully comply with these Contest Rules and Regulations.  Entrants assume liability for injuries caused or claimed to be caused by participating in the contest, or by the acceptance, possession, use of, or failure to receive any prize.

Family reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend a contest for any reason, including without limitation in the event of any printing, administrative error, virus, bug, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond its control which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, the Family reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.  Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way. The Sponsors are not responsible for preemption, cancellation, or interruption, in whole or in part, of any Family contest related programming. All decisions of the Sponsors will be final and binding and may not be challenged in any way.

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