NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN
A PURCHASE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. INTERNET ACCESS REQUIRED

1. HOW TO ENTER. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO WIN. (1) For a chance to win a Grand Prize or First Prize: Navigate to www.discovertheforest.com and complete all requested entrant information to register, then submit photo or drawing by you or your child of your child connecting with nature. (2) For a chance to win a Weekly Prize: Navigate to www.discovertheforest.com and complete all requested entrant information to register, then vote on your favorite photo or drawing. The voting does not affect the selection of the Grand or First Prize Winner. There is a limit of one vote per day per person or per email address. The Sweepstakes begins 12:01am ET September 28, 2009, and ends 11:59pm ET November 30, 2009.

2. PARTICIPATION. Both sweepstakes are open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older, who have a child between the ages of 5 and 18, inclusive. Employees and their immediate families (parent, child, spouse, sibling) and household members of employees of The Ad Council and its affiliated and parent companies, prize suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies and anyone involved in this promotion’s production, development or handling are not eligible. This promotion is subject to all laws and void where prohibited.

3. CONDITIONS FOR PHOTO/DRAWING ENTRIES. Photo can be taken by any type of camera or photo device, but must be submitted digitally in jpg, gif or png format. Drawings submitted electronically must be submitted in jpg, gif or png format. If electronic submission is not an option, a photo or drawing may be submitted as a mail-in entry and sent to the following address: Discover The Forest, P.O. Box 8022, Westport, CT 06888. Mail-in photos/drawings must be postmarked by 11/30/09 and received by 12/4/09. Photos/drawings must be appropriate and will be disqualified if deemed inappropriate by Sponsor. By submitting a photo or drawing you agree that your submission may be posted on the sweepstakes website, but Sponsor is not obligated to post your photo or drawing on its website.

The photo or drawing must be taken or drawn by you or your child and you must have permission from the photographer or artist to submit the photo. You must also have permission from all persons depicted in the photo or drawing to submit the photo or drawing. Photo/drawing must be original and must not have been previously published or won any previous award, and must not contain any material that would infringe upon third party rights if used in advertising. Entries may be disqualified if photo/drawing contains materials trademarked, copyrighted, used or submitted elsewhere, or any obscene, defamatory or other offensive or inappropriate material. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entries which Sponsor, at its sole discretion, determines to be inconsistent with its corporate standards, reputation or consumer expectations. Entrants grants Sponsor the license to use, publish, exhibit, broadcast, reproduce, distribute, transmit and display the photo in all media whether now known or later developed, for purposes of advertising and promoting this campaign, worldwide, in perpetuity without any compensation.

4. PRIZE SELECTION: All winners will be selected by a judging organization whose decisions are final. Grand and First Prize Winners will be selected at random from among eligible photo/drawing entrants on or about December 7, 2009.

Weekly Prize Winners will be selected at random on or about the drawing dates listed below from among eligible voting entrants who voted during the following Weekly Voting Dates:

Weekly Voting Dates Drawing Date
September 21– September 28, 2009 September 29, 2009
September 29 – October 5, 2009 October 6, 2009
October 6 – October 12, 2009 October 13, 2009
October 13 – October 19, 2009 October 20, 2009
October 20 – October 26, 2009 October 27, 2009
October 27 – November 2, 2009 November 3, 2009
November 3 – November 9, 2009 November 10, 2009
November 10 – November 16, 2009 November 17, 2009
November 17 – November 23, 2009 November 24, 2009
November 24 – November 30, 2009 December 1, 2009

Non-winning entries in each weekly drawing are not eligible for subsequent weekly drawings. Entry into each weekly drawing is separate. Weekly voting period are calculated from 12:01 am ET on first date to 11:59 pm ET on last date.

5. VALIDATION: All Potential winners will be notified via phone, email or overnight mail and may be required to sign and return, within 7 days after delivery to his/her address, an Affidavit of Compliance with these Official Rules, and Prize/Publicity Releases without further compensation. Grand and First Prize winner may also be required to sign an assignment of rights or license to Sponsor of the photo/drawing. Failure to sign and return these forms when requested may result in forfeiture of prize and selection of an alternate winner. Sweepstakes materials void if incomplete or if they contain errors. All submissions become property of Sponsor.

6. PRIZES/ODDS:

PRIZES FOR PHOTO/DRAWING ENTRANTS: One (1) Grand Prize: a $1,000 North Face gift card. Ten (10) First Prizes: a $100 North Face gift card.

WEEKLY PRIZES FOR VOTER ENTRANTS: Twenty (20) Weekly Prizes (Two per week for ten weeks): a $50 North Face gift card.

Additional terms and conditions of gift cards may apply. Taxes on all prizes are winner’s responsibility. No substitutions of any prize, but Sponsor may substitute prize of equal or greater value if any prize becomes unavailable. Odds of winning depend on total number of entries received. Limit one prize per household. Allow 4-6 weeks after validation for receipt or arrangement of receipt of prize.

7. GENERAL CONDITIONS. By entering or voting, you agree to be bound by these official rules and the decisions of the judges which are final. You also agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Sponsor and its affiliated and parent companies, prize suppliers, and advertising and promotion agencies from all claims or damages arising out of your participation in this promotion and/or acceptance, ownership or use of any prize or prize related activity, or Sponsor’s use of your submissions. Sponsor does not provide any implied or express warranty, guarantee or representation, in law or equity, pertaining to any third party product or service supplied in whole or in part as a prize for this promotion. If for any reason any electronic portion of the promotion is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the promotion, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the promotion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with any entry process, and to award prizes at random among eligible entries not affected by the problem. In case of any dispute regarding identity of person submitting an electronic entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the natural person who is the authorized holder of the transmitting email address or text messaging device/service at the time of entry. No responsibility is assumed for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, busy signals, communication network failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries; or any problems or technical malfunctions of any wireless or wired telephone network, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software; or failure of any entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on any telephone or internet connection, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to your or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials from this promotion, or for any lost or late mail. If integrity of sweepstakes is compromised in any manner, Sponsor reserves the right to modify sweepstakes and select winners at random from valid entries unaffected by the problem. Submissions void if incomplete, not legible, or if they contain errors or do not comply with all requirements in these rules. Any form of entry other than as specified in these rules (including but not limited to automated, copied, third-party or mechanically reproduced entries) is prohibited and will be disqualified.

8. SPONSORS: The Advertising Council, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and
The USDA Forest Service, 1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C.

9. PROMOTION ADMINISTRATOR: The Concept Studio, P.O. Box 8022, Westport, CT 06888

10. For a List of Winners, available after December 15, 2009, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Discover The Forest Winners, P.O. Box 8033, Westport, CT 06888 by December 30, 2009.