National Wildlife Federation / Kelty Giveaway Official Rules

Please note: we are extending the contest entry date from June 20 to August 31 due to some technical difficulties with serving the video and collecting the emails. We hope you will enter today!

1. HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE OR INTERNET ACCESS NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The National Wildlife Federation Giveaway (“Giveaway”) begins Midnight Pacific Standard Time (PST) May 15, 2007 and ends Midnight PST August 31, 2007 (“entry period.”) There are two ways to enter: online, or by mail. No other method of entry will be accepted. Online Method: To enter online during the entry period, go to http://www.happybirthdayrangerrick.com. Follow the directions to complete the online entry form, answer the questions and click submit. Entrants must complete all data requested on the online entry form. Online entries must be completed and received by National Wildlife Federation by August 31, 2007. Limit one entry per person. Incomplete entries are void.

If you do not wish to enter online, you may enter the Giveaway by printing your name, address, city, state and zip code, age, day & evening telephone number and email address (if you have one), and the words, National Wildlife Federation / Kelty Giveaway on a 3”x5” card, and mail it to: National Wildlife Federation / Kelty Giveaway, 11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Reston, VA 20190. Mail-in entries must be received by August 31, 2007. Limit one entry per person. All entries become the property of National Wildlife Federation and will not be acknowledged or returned.

If you enter online, you may increase your number of entries (and thus chance of winning) by up to five entries by forwarding the information to your friends using the forward-to-a-friend functionality on the "Thank you for entering" page. You will get one additional chance of winning for each forward you enter, up to a maximum of five additional entries.

National Wildlife Federation assumes no responsibility for lost, late, misdirected, illegible or mutilated entries or for any computer, online, telephone, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability, garbled or jumbled transmissions, service provider, Internet, web site, or other accessibility or availability issues, traffic congestion, or unauthorized human intervention, or any technical malfunctions that may occur. Entrants shall be the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain name associated with the submitted e-mail address.

2. ELIGIBILITY: This Giveaway is open only to legal residents of the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) who are 18 years of age or older as of the date the Giveaway begins. Employees of National Wildlife Federation, their subsidiaries, affiliates, prize suppliers, and advertising and promotional agencies of National Wildlife Federation, and their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings and their spouses) and individuals living in the same household as such employees are ineligible. This Giveaway is governed by the laws of the United States and is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited.

3. JUDGING: Winners will be selected by random drawing on or about August 31, 2007 from among all eligible entries received. All prize drawings will be conducted at National Wildlife Federation’s offices, located at 11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Reston, VA. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the judges, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received. All prizes will be awarded. Limit one prize per person, family or household. Winners will be notified via email, U.S. mail, telephone, and/or by overnight courier.

4. PRIZES: There will be five (5) winners selected and five (5) prizes granted. Each winner will receive one prize package that includes: one (1) Kelty Trail Dome 6 tent, one (1) Kelty Redtail 1800 backpack; one (1) Kelty Grommet backpack; one (1) Kelty Eclipse CloudLoft 35° Reg sleeping bag; and one (1) Kelty Eclipse CloudLoft 35° Reg W (approximate total retail value $455.00). The prize cannot be exchanged for cash, and cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion. National Wildlife Federation reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event the offered prize is unavailable. No substitution or transfer of prize permitted except as provided herein.

5. GENERAL CONDITIONS: All federal, state, and local taxes, fees and surcharges on prize packages are the sole responsibility of the prize winners. Prize winners may be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability/Prize Acceptance Form within seven (7) days following notification. Return of any prize and/or prize notification as undeliverable or failure of any entrant to comply with any Official Rules will result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.

Winners grant National Wildlife Federation the right to use and publish their legal name and state of residence online and in print, or any other media, in connection with the Giveaway. Except winners who are residents of the State of Tennessee, acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for National Wildlife Federation and their advertising and promotional agencies to use winners’ names and likenesses for editorials, advertising and promotional purposes without payment of additional compensation unless prohibited by law. By entering, participants release and hold harmless National Wildlife Federation, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the Giveaway or any prize won, any misuse or malfunction of any prize awarded, participation in any Giveaway related activity, or participation in the Giveaway.

As a condition of participating in this Giveaway, participant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between and the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Giveaway shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively, before a court of competent jurisdiction located in Reston, Virginia which court shall apply the laws of the state of Virginia without regard for rules of conflicts of law. In any such dispute, participant shall, under no circumstances, be entitled to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (if any) associated with participating in the Giveaway, and participant hereby waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTESTANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GIVEAWAY IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH CONTESTANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

6. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: National Wildlife Federation is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the Giveaway, including but not limited to any misprints or typographical errors. National Wildlife Federation assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. National Wildlife Federation is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line-systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of e-mail or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participants or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Giveaway. If, for any reason, the Giveaway is not capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of National Wildlife Federation which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Giveaway, National Wildlife Federation reserves the right at their sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway.

IN NO EVENT WILL NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, ITS PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND RELATED COMPANIES, ITS ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCIES, OR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS, AGENTS, AND REPRESENTATIVES, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF PARTICIPANT’S ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE INTERNET SITE http://www.happybirthdayrangerrick.com/ OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING OF MATERIAL FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

7. LIST OF WINNERS: For a list of winners, after September 5, 2007, mail a separate, self-addressed stamped envelope to: National Wildlife Federation / Kelty Giveaway Winners, Internet Team, 11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Reston VA 20910. Vermont residents may omit return postage.

8. NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS: REMOVAL FROM MAILING LIST: Any individual (or other duly authorized person) may elect to exclude the name and address of that individual from all lists used by National Wildlife Federation. To elect to have an individual's name excluded from all such lists, submit a removal request in writing to "National Wildlife Federation / Kelty Giveaway Winners, Internet Team, 11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Reston VA 20910."