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Contest Rules

Official Contest Rules And Regulations

1. No purchase necessary. To be eligible to win, a participant must be a resident of Canada, South America, Europe, United States of America, Asia or Australia and of the age of majority in his or her province/state of residence. Any potential participant who is an employee of United Church of Canada or Wondercafe.ca, their affiliated companies, advertising agencies, prize suppliers or other representatives, or a member of the respective immediate families of such employees or anyone with whom such employees are domiciled is ineligible to participate in the contest.
2. The contest will run from March 23, 2010 – June 30, 2010
3. Eligible participants may enter the contest by the following: By visiting the Paint Your Faith blog www.paintyourfaith.com and leaving your comment on any of our posts with your name and email address. Please remember to include this information or else you will not qualify for the contest and we won’t be able to contact you.  The use of any automated launching or entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that permits the participant to automatically vote repeatedly is prohibited.The on-line submission form must be completely filled out, including the participant’s name, address (no P.O. boxes), telephone number, and email address.
4. Four (4) winners will be selected by random draw to be held on June 30 at 11:59PM EST. The draw will be held at United Church of Canada’s head office: 3250 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON. The chances of being selected depend upon the number of entries.
5. The selected participants will be notified by telephone within thirty (30) days of the draw and, prior to being declared a winner, will be required to correctly answer, unaided and without mechanical or electronic assistance, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing technical question, to be administered by telephone at a mutually convenient time.
6. If the selected participant is unable to correctly answer the skill-testing question, cannot be reached by telephone within thirty (30) days of the draw, or otherwise does not meet all contest conditions, his or her prize will be forfeited and another entrant will be drawn from the remaining eligible entries.
7. There are four (4) prize packages available to be won. It includes:
   • One print from faith47 (value $1000)
   • One print from Indigo (value $1000)
   • One print from Peeta (Value $1000)
   • One print from Titi Freak (Value $1000)

   Each print will either be printed on canvas or the material specific to the print and framed.

   The prizes will be couriered to the winner’s address within one month of the receipt of the signed declaration and release. All taxes related to a prize are payable by the winner. Any costs or expenses incurred by the winners in claiming or using their prizes are the responsibility of the winners.

8. The prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternatives will be provided. United Church of Canada reserves the right to substitute the prizes described above in (7) with prizes of equal or greater value.
9. By entering, all participants agree to abide by the official rules and regulations and decisions of United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca which are final. All entries become the property of United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca and will not be returned.
10. To be declared a winner, a selected participant will be required to sign a declaration and release to: (a) confirm compliance with the official rules and regulations; (b) release United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca from all liability; (c) accept the prize as awarded; and (d) consent to the use of the participant’s name, address, likeness and/or image for publicity purposes in all mediums. United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca reserves the right, at its option, to publish any winner’s name, address, photograph, likeness, voice or statement without further compensation to the winner.
11. The contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, state and municipal laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.
12. No correspondence will be entered into with participants except with the winner.
13. Subject to the approval of the Régie des alcools des courses et des jeux, United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the contest should causes beyond the control of United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest.
14. If you attempt to compromise the integrity or the legitimate operation of this Challenge by hacking or by cheating or committing fraud in ANY way, we may seek damages from you to the fullest extent permitted by law. Further, we may ban you from participating in any of our future Contests, so please play fairly.
15. United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction to or unauthorized alteration of the entries. United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca is not responsible for (i) any problems or technical malfunctions or any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software; (ii) the failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site; or (iii) any combination thereof, including any injury or related damage to participants or any other persons, whether computer-related or resulting from participation or downloading of any materials in this contest.
16. With respect to Québec residents and to entries originating within the Province of Québec, any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
17. United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.careserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the contest should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond the control of United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca corrupt affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest.
18. Any personal information of participants provided in order to enter this contest will be collected, used and disclosed solely by United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca and only for the purposes of administering this contest. Such personal information will be treated at all times in accordance with the privacy policy of United Church of Canada and Wondercafe.ca which can be found at http://www.wondercafe.ca/user-agreement