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Win a FREE field trip!

September 20, 2023

Attention teachers! Enter for a chance to win a free field trip for your class to RBG’s 2024 winter exhibit, Nature’s Superheroes!

Through a self-guided experience, discover how animal and plant adaptations provide them with superpowers to survive in their natural environment. Classes will also be able to visit the Mediterranean Garden.

Contest closes November 31.

Official Contest Rules and Regulations

CONTEST ELIGIBILITY AND CHANCES OF WINNING:

  1. These rules govern the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) 2024 Free Field Trip (“Contest”).
  2. The Contest is open to residents of Ontario who are 19 years of age or older. RBG Corporate affiliates, advertising or promotional agencies, employees, immediate family of employees, or anyone residing with any employee of RBG is not eligible to participate.
  3. The act of entering the Contest constitutes acceptance of the contest rules and the decisions of the Contest judge, which decisions shall be final and binding upon all entrants.
  4. One entry per person. Duplicate entries will result in disqualification. The chance of being selected in any draw depends on the number of entries received for that draw.
  5. In the event a selected entrant does not meet the eligibility requirements, then RBG has no obligation to award any prize.
  6. RBG may prohibit any person from entering the Contest whom it believes to be abusing the rules. Such abuse includes entering false information.
  7. One entry per email address per week. The chance of being selected in any draw depends on the number of entries received for that draw.

HOW TO ENTER (NO PURCHASE NECESSARY):

  1. Complete the form at rbg.ca/freefieldtrip. Contest closes 11:59 p.m. November 1, 2023.

DRAW AND PRIZE:

  1. There is one (1) prize available to be won; a single “Self-Guided: Nature’s Superheroes” field trip for 1 class (valued up to $600 CAD), valid from January 27 to April 21, 2024. The selected date for the field trip must be selected and booked prior to December 20, 2023. Dates subject to availability. The prize value includes exhibit admission for all attendees. Winners are responsible for their own travel to and from Royal Botanical Gardens.
  2. The first attempt to notify the winner will be made within 24 hours of when the prize draw took place. The second attempt will be made five (5) days after the first attempt. Selected eligible winners will have ten (10) days from the first attempt of contact by RBG to claim the applicable prize. To contact the selected eligible winner RBG will use the entrant’s social media account via direct message or email if this is how he or she entered. The selected eligible winner is responsible for responding to the social media or email message within the timeframe stipulated in the message in order to remain eligible to win the applicable prize.
  3. If, at the end of the above-mentioned time period, the selected entrant has not been contacted or otherwise declared a winner for that prize, they will no longer be eligible to receive the prize.

GENERAL RULES:

  1. This Contest is governed by the laws of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein and is void where prohibited by law.
  2. RBG reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest or the Contest rules at any time without notice.
  3. All prizes must be accepted as awarded, are non-transferable and are not convertible to cash. RBG reserves the right to substitute any prize or portion of the prize with a prize of equal or greater value.
  4. All prizes are awarded as-is and no guarantees are implied or expressed.
  5. RBG is not liable for any lost, late, misdirected or stolen entries or inability to process entries, or any errors, damage or negligence that may arise in connection with this Contest, including technical failures on the part of Contest software, virus, website down-time, human error or property damage incurred by any Contest entrant.
  6. RBG is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest. Use of any automated system including robotic or form filling software to enter or participate in this Contest is prohibited and will result in disqualification of all entries by anyone using such assistance. If a dispute arises regarding who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address provided at time of entry. Authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
  7. RBG uses your personal contact information to administer contests, including contacting, announcing and promoting prize winners.
  8. No reward substitution or equivalent cash payments will be made, save for RBG’s right, at its sole discretion, to make a reward substitution of equivalent value. Except as specifically provided herein, the prize, if unclaimed, will not be awarded.

Contest Entry

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