THE FOLLOWING PROMOTION IS INTENDED ONLY FOR LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (EXCLUDING OVERSEAS MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, PUERTO RICO AND OTHER U.S. OR FOREIGN TERRITORIES) AND SHALL ONLY BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT PROCEED WITH THIS CONTEST IF YOU ARE NOT A RESIDENT OF THE 50 UNITED STATES OR IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN AN OVERSEAS MILITARY INSTALLATION, PUERTO RICO OR OTHER U.S./FOREIGN TERRITORY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW AND SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS.

“POWERFUL DIFFERENCE^SM AWARDS” CONTEST
Presented by Pine-Sol^®

 

1. GENERAL: These are the official rules (the “Official Rules”) for the “Powerful Difference^SM Awards” Contest (the “Contest”). The Contest is sponsored by Radio Networks, LLC (the “Sponsor”), 444 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and presented by Pine-Sol^®, a division of The Clorox Company (“Presenter”).

2. ELIGIBILITY: Entrants do not need to purchase a product to enter or win. A purchase does not increase your chances of winning. Open to legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia (EXCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESIDENTS IF LOCATED IN AN OVERSEAS MILITARY INSTALLATION, PUERTO RICO, OTHER U.S. TERRITORIES OR FOREIGN TERRITORIES), who are 13 years of age or older as of March 7, 2008. Offer is void where prohibited by law or otherwise restricted. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. The Contest begins at 3:00 p.m. ET on March 7, 2008 and ends at 3:00 p.m. ET on May 12, 2008 (the “Promotional Period”). For purposes of these Official Rules, all times are Eastern Time (ET).

Officers, directors, representatives, employees and agents of Administrator/Sponsor, Presenter, Marden-Kane, Inc., EBONY magazine, and their respective parent, affiliate, subsidiary and successor companies, their advertising/promotional agencies (hereinafter the “Released Parties”), and the members of their immediate families or those persons living in the same household of anyone so employed are ineligible to enter or win. "Immediate family members" shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses. "Household members" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year.

3. HOW TO ENTER: Nominations may be made by mail or online. Legal residents of the United States or the District of Columbia (EXCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESIDENTS IF LOCATED IN AN OVERSEAS MILITARY INSTALLATION, PUERTO RICO OR OTHER U.S./FOREIGN TERRITORY), 13 years of age or older as of March 7, 2008, may nominate a legal U.S. resident, who is female and 18 years of age or older as of March 7, 2008 (yourself, if you meet the eligibility criteria, or another nominee). If you are not your nominee, please let your nominee know you are entering on her behalf.

Do you know a woman or are you a woman who is making a powerful difference in her/your neighborhood through her/your volunteer efforts? If so, submit an entry about it in a total of 200 words or less telling us what you or your nominee is doing and how it is impacting your or her neighborhood by answering the following two questions. 1) What specific situations has the nominee worked to improve in her neighborhood? and 2) How has the nominee helped others in her neighborhood? Example: “My nominee, the only African-American teacher in the school system, realized that our African-American children were dying academically. They were scoring in the 20th percentile on standardized tests. With the help of a few members in the community, my Nominee gave birth to an after-school program within walking distance of the children she needed to teach in an impoverished, drug-infested and predominantly African-American neighborhood. Those who aren't within walking distance, she picks up and takes home. Four years later she is still going strong, putting the children in the neighborhood first. With the support of her husband and one full-time volunteer, she has raised the scores from the 20th percentile to the 80th percentile in reading and the 90th percentile in math. This program has sustained for four years without any state or federal funding.”

To enter online, log on to www.powerfuldifference.com and complete the requested information, including your essay (“Entry”). To enter by mail, answer the two requested questions in a total of 200 words or less on a plain piece of 8½" x 11" paper and include your name, address, daytime phone number and e-mail address (optional). If the nominee is not yourself, include the nominee’s name, your relationship to the nominee, the name of and type of volunteer program in which the nominee is involved, her address and daytime phone number, if available, and whether you believe she is 18 years of age or older. Mail the completed Entry in a hand-addressed stamped envelope to: Pine-Sol^® Powerful Difference^SM Awards Contest, c/o ABC Radio Network, 444 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Mail-in entries must be postmarked no later than May 12, 2008 and received by May 19, 2008. Entries received after this date will not be accepted. Nominations must be the original work of the author/nominator and neither previously published nor have won any other award. Nominator may nominate more than one Nominee so long as each nomination is a separate unique entry, meets all Entry requirements and if submitted by mail is in a separate envelope. A Nominee may be nominated multiple times so long as each nomination is from a different Nominator, is an original Entry, meets all other entry requirements and is submitted in a separate envelope. All entries become the property of the Sponsor. Mailed Entries must be hand printed or typed and all Entries must be submitted in English and must include word count. Entries received that are illegible or incomplete will be disqualified. Entries deemed lewd or inappropriate, in Sponsor’s sole discretion may be disqualified.

Organizations with which nominees are involved must serve the general public and may not discriminate against any group in the services that they provide. Sites run by faith-based (church or religious) institutions are eligible if the institution is open to the general public. Organizations listed on the Entry must be a nonprofit or not-for-profit organization, in operation for at least one year and have 501 (c) 3 status. Winning organization must be able to provide official documentation of its status such as Incorporation verification or D.B.A. certificate Financial Records (Tax Returns or other documents), or affidavit from Board of Directors and/or Administrative team.

4. WINNER DETERMINATION/JUDGING CRITERIA: All eligible Entries received before the closing date will be sorted into the following five (5) Regions.
Region - Participating States
West - CA, WA, CO, NV, OR, UT, AK, ID, MT, WY, HI
Southwest - TX, OK, AZ, NM
South - GA, FL, AL, SC, LA, TN, MS, AR
Midwest - IL, OH, MO, MI, IN, KY, KS, WI, IA, MN, NE, ND, SD
East - NC, MD, NY, VA, NJ, PA, MA, CT, DC, WV, DE, VT, RI, NH, ME

On or about June 16, 2008, a judging panel from the independent judging organization of Marden-Kane, Inc. will determine one Grand Prize Winner from among all eligible entries received as well as the top-scoring Entry from each of the five (5) Regions, which will be deemed Regional Prize winners. In the event no eligible Entries are received in a Region, no Regional Prize winner will be determined in such Region. Eligible Entries will be judged based on the following judging criteria: Impact of accomplishments made on people’s lives in the neighborhood (50%), Sincerity and credibility of statement (25%) and Commitment to cause and effort made (25%). Sponsor reserves the right to ask additional information from a nominator about the nominee, her volunteer efforts or the program for which she volunteers. In the event of a tie in any stage of judging, the Winner(s) will be determined based on whichever Entry received the highest score in the Impact of accomplishments made on people’s lives category from the judging criteria. In the event of a tie again based on Impact of accomplishments made on people’s lives category, the Entries would be rejudged based on the same criteria by a different panel of judges. Decisions of the judging organization are final in all respects of the Contest, and no correspondence shall be entered into.

Potential winning nominators and nominees will be notified by telephone, mail and/or e-mail on or about June 16, 2008. If the nominator does not respond to notification messages within five (5) days, nominator and nominee will be disqualified and the next highest-scoring nomination will be deemed the winner. Winners, nominators and nominees (or parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor) must respond with information confirming they meet the eligibility requirements for this Contest and sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release (where legal) and Assignment of Rights (where applicable) within 7 days of notification attempt. In the event of noncompliance with these requirements, potential winning nominator and nominee may be disqualified and the next highest-scored nomination will be contacted. Sponsor reserves the right to ask additional information from the nominator and the organization for which she volunteers about the nominee, her volunteer efforts and/or the program for which she volunteers. In the event that information provided by the nominator or nominee proves to be inaccurate or fraudulent, Sponsor reserves the right to contact the next highest-scored nominator, time permitting.

In case of dispute as to identity of the nominator, e-mail Entries will be declared made by the registered user of the e-mail account, and if the prize is won, and such registered user is a valid entrant, the prize will be awarded to such registered user. The “registered user” is the natural person to whom an e-mail address is assigned by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. All Entries will be deemed to have been made by the registered user of the e-mail address.

5. PRIZES/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE/ODDS OF WINNING: Grand Prize: One (1) winning Nominee will receive a $10,000 donation made by the Sponsor to the organization in which the nominee is involved with or chooses, and will be featured (in Sponsor’s sole discretion) in an issue (of Sponsor’s choosing) of EBONY magazine (no retail value associated with this portion of prize), plus 12 bottles of Original Pine-Sol^®Brand Cleaner₁. Approx. Retail Value of Grand Prize: $10,060. Nominator Grand Prize: One (1) Nominator of Grand Prize winner will receive 12 bottles of Original Pine-Sol^® Brand Cleaner₁, ARV $60.
Nominee Regional Prizes (1 winner from each of the 5 regions): A $2,000 donation by Sponsor to the organization in which the nominee is involved with or chooses, nominee to be featured (in Sponsor’s sole discretion) in an issue (of Sponsor’s choosing) of EBONY magazine (no retail value associated with this portion of prize) and 12 bottles of Original Pine-Sol^® Brand Cleaner₁. Approx. Retail Value of Regional Prize: $2,060 ea. Five (5) Nominator Regional Prizes: Nominator of Regional Prize winners will receive 12 bottles of Original Pine-Sol^® Brand Cleaner₁, ARV $60 ea.

Total Approximate Retail Value of All Prizes: $20,720.

Honorable Mention: Some Entries may be judged (per the criteria set forth above) to receive honorable mention on the Contest website. Selected nominees/nominators will be contacted for permission to post information and/or photos or additional information about the charity in which they are involved before any material is posted. No cash or product prizing is involved in this level of selection.

Any tax responsibility associated with receipt of the donation is that of the winning nonprofit organization(s), if applicable. Sponsor reserves judgment to review Winners’ request for disbursement of donation portion of prize. Winners are solely responsible for any and all expenses relative to participation in Contest (including acceptance of prizes) not specified herein. All taxes and other expenses incurred are the responsibility of the winners. If nominator and nominee were the same person, she would only receive the Grand Prize or the Regional Prize, not the corresponding Nominator Prize. Prize is not transferable except in the sole discretion of the Administrator/Sponsor. No prize substitution, except at Administrator/Sponsor’s sole discretion due to prize unavailability for any reason and only then for prize of comparable value. Administrator/Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to award the actual cash equivalent of any prize in lieu of the prize itself. The prize is awarded “AS IS” and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose).

6. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: Released Parties are not responsible 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; for failed, partial or garbled computer transmissions, or for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of any network, hardware or software or any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or electronic entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials from this Contest. Entries generated by robots or scripts are considered to be a direct violation of these Official Rules and will result in immediate disqualification of any and all associated entries.

The winning nominators and nominees and other members of the volunteer organization with which the nominee is involved may be photographed and interviewed for a future issue of EBONY magazine. Winning nominators and nominees will have no right to review any future articles regarding this or any other contest, and sponsor shall have all artistic control over and the right to cut, edit, add to, subtract from, arrange, rearrange and revise all materials submitted by nominees and nominators hereunder in any manner, without limitation, and entrants agree that Sponsor shall have the right to combine any materials supplied by them pursuant to the Contest, with such other material as the Sponsor in its sole discretion shall determine, and further agrees that they shall have no right of approval, claim to compensation or benefits claim, including without limitation based upon invasion of privacy, defamation or right of publicity arising out of any use of names or biographical and/or corporate information.

Administrator/Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate or suspend the online portion of this Contest should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, fraud, technical failure or other causes corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest. In such event, the prize winners will be judged from all eligible online entries received up to the time of such cancellation, termination or suspension and all eligible mailed entries received. Administrator/Sponsor also reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or terminate this Contest due to earthquake, flood, fire, storm or other natural disaster, act of God, labor controversy or threat thereof, civil disturbance or commotion, disruption of the public markets, war or armed conflict (whether or not officially declared).

Released Parties are not responsible for any typographical or other printing errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including, but not limited to, errors in the printing of posting of the offer or in these Official Rules, the selection or announcement of the winners or the distribution of any prizes.

Sponsor reserves the right to make changes to the prizes portion of these rules, which will become effective immediately.

7. PRIVACY: Collection and use of personally identifiable information will be in accordance with the Radio Networks, LLC Privacy Policy as posted on abcradio.com.

8. RELEASE, PUBLICITY: By participating, entrants and nominees (or parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor) release, indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by participation in the Contest or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of a prize or participation in any prize-related activities. Except as otherwise prohibited by law, by accepting any prize, winner (or parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor) grants permission to use her name, address, likeness, photograph, entry, voice and statements for advertising/publicity purposes, in any media worldwide, in perpetuity, without further compensation, unless otherwise prohibited by law. Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges.

9. OFFICIAL RULES/WINNERS LIST: For a copy of the Official Rules, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope by May 1, 2008 to: Pine-Sol^® Powerful Difference^SM Awards #4 Rules, Radio Networks LLC, 444 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022. For a copy of the Official Winners’ List available after July 1, 2008, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope by June 1, 2008 to: Pine-Sol^® Powerful Difference^SM Awards #4 Winners, ABC Radio Networks, 444 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022.