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OFFICIAL RULES

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Sponsor: Pacific Northwest Canned Pears Service

Eligibility: Pearcasso Kis' Art Contest (“Contest”) conducted by the Pacific Northwest Canned Pears Service (“Sponsor”) is open to legal residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Board members, officers and employees of Pacific Northwest Canned Pears Service and SmileMakers®' advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household are not eligible to enter or win. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. You must be a U.S. resident to enter and between the ages of 5 and 18 on closing date of the contest. Parents will be asked to sign an affidavit to verify the entrant's date of birth. Void where prohibited.

Contest Period: August 30th, 2011 through November 15th, 2011, Midnight, PST.

How to Enter:

Schools and Kids' Organizations:
1) Submit your entries to us by email at playwithyourpears@gmail.com with a photo attachment of each entry (or a video of your group's creation in process) between August 30th, 2011 (12:01 am, PDT) and Midnight PST, November 15th, 2011, providing the first name of each child correlated with the title of their artwork and an email address for their parent or guardian.
2) Only send first names. Do not send any other information about the children in the email or you will not be allowed to enter the contest. When we receive your email, each parent or legal guardian will be contacted to fill out a form that provides consent for the child to enter this contest. When we receive parental consent we will post your artwork on our Facebook Page. http://www.facebook.com/eatcannedpears

For individuals:
1) Submit your entry to us by email at playwithyourpears@gmail.com with a photo attachment of your entry (or a video of your creation in process) between August 30th, 2011 (12:01 am, PDT) and Midnight PST, November 15th, 2011, providing your first name and an email address for your parent or guardian. You must give your artwork a title - make it fitting or fun. If you like, tell us what materials you used to make your design.
2) Only send your first name. Do not send any other information about yourself in the email, or you will not be allowed to enter the contest. When we receive your email, your parent or legal guardian will be contacted to fill out a form that provides consent for you to enter this contest. When we receive parental consent we will post your artwork on the Eat Canned Pears Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/eatcannedpears

For more information concerning entries by children under the age of 13, see our Notice to Parent and Legal Guardian re Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) Policy.

Selection Process: Contest Entries will be judged on:
Creative concept 40%
Edible appeal 20%
Artistic execution 40%

The Pearcasso Kids' Art Contest has three judges: a representative from Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service, a representative from SmileMakers® Inc. and a Pacific Northwest Pear Processor.

You may enter more than once.

The winning entries will be selected by a panel of judges and the winners will be announced by December 10, 2011, on the Pacific Northwest Canned Pear website www.eatcannedpears.com/playwithyourpears. You may also obtain a copy of the names of the winners, by emailing your request to: playwithyourpears@gmail.com

Prizes:
Prizes will be awarded in two age categories: 5-11, 12-18
For schools and organizations group submissions:
1st - $500
2nd - $250
3rd - $100
For individual submissions:
1st - $100
2nd - $50
3rd - $25

Winners: Any taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner.

GENERAL RULES AND CONDITIONS
By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all respects. By accepting a prize, the winner consents to the use of his or her name, likeness and biographical information, and Contest Entry materials for advertising and commercial purposes without further compensation or consent, unless prohibited by law. The winner's parents or guardian will be required to sign and complete an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Liability and Publicity Release (where legally permissible) and return the signed documents within ten (10) days of being advised that he or she is the winner; otherwise the specified prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Entrants agree to release, discharge and hold Pacific Northwest Canned Pears Service and SmileMakers®, Inc, its advertising and promotion agencies and the Contest judge(s), their affiliates and respective directors, officers, owners, partners, employees, agents, dealers, representatives, successors and assigns harmless from and against any and all liability and damages in connection with the Contest, and if declared the winner, the prize.

This Contest will be run in accordance with these rules. Entrants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules by participating in the Contest.

By entering the Contest, entrant and his or her parents and legal guardians warrants and represents that (a) entrant is eligible to enter the Contest; (b) the Contest Entry is original to entrant and that entrant is the owner of all right, title and interest in and to the Contest Entry and the entrant has the right to grant the rights granted herein or, alternatively, the entrant has obtained all necessary rights and permissions to use and submit the Contest Entry in connection with the Contest and to provide all the rights specified in these Official Rules; and (c) the Contest Entry and the use thereof as contemplated herein does not and will not violate or infringe upon any law or regulation or the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, any copyright, trademark, patent, or any rights of publicity or privacy, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights. By entering the Contest, entrant agrees that all Contest Entries become the property of the Sponsor and that Contest Entries will not be returned to entrant.

(d) To comply with the new Federal Trade Commission blogger rules, if the entrant puts his or her entry on their blog, they agree to tell their readers/viewers that his or her posting for the contest constitutes a Contest Entry in Pacific Northwest Canned Pears' Pearcasso Kids' Art Contest.

(e) Each entrant acknowledges that any information provided by that entrant may be disclosed to Pacific Northwest Canned Pears Service, as well as to their promotion and advertising agencies, and may be used for administering the Contest and for sending marketing communications from Pacific Northwest Canned Pears Service.

VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.

By participating, entrants, by their parents or legal guardians, agree to assign all rights to and creative ownership of their video or photo to Pacific Northwest Canned Pears Service, (hereinafter “PNCPS”). In the event the entrant or winner is a minor in the state of his or her residence, all required documentation must be signed by his or her parent or legal guardian. No copyrighted material is allowed in any portion of the video and only original, non-copyrighted material may be included. Entrants also certify that they created the artwork themselves and have either created the video themselves or have permission from the videographer to submit the video (and have obtained a release from the videographer of all rights therein). Entrant may be asked to provide written verification of these representations. By participating in this contest, entrants further grant permission to Sponsor to post the photo or a COPPA POLICY http://www.eatcannedpears.com is a website that is owned and operated by PNCPS. PNCPS recognizes the issues inherent in communicating directly with children under the age of 13 over the Internet. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) is a federal law designed to protect the privacy of children under 13 years old. COPPA requires that we provide you, as parents or legal guardians (hereinafter “Parents”) with notice concerning what personal information is collected from children and how it is used or shared, and inform you that your consent is necessary before a child under 13 years old can participate in contests, sweepstakes, or other activities (hereinafter “Contests”) on our website that require them to submit personal information to us.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CANNED PEARS SERVICE, AND ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THIS CONTEST SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANT FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OR LIABILITY TO PERSON OR PROPERTY, DUE IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY REASON OF ENTERING THE CONTEST, THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE, OR WHILE PREPARING FOR, PARTICIPATING IN, OR TRAVELING TO AND FROM ANY PRIZE-RELATED ACTIVITY.

TRAINA PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THIS CONTEST SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANT FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OR LIABILITY TO PERSON OR PROPERTY, DUE IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY REASON OF ENTERING THE CONTEST, THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE, OR WHILE PREPARING FOR, PARTICIPATING IN, OR TRAVELING TO AND FROM ANY PRIZE-RELATED ACTIVITY.

SmileMakers®, AND ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THIS CONTEST SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANT FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OR LIABILITY TO PERSON OR PROPERTY, DUE IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY REASON OF ENTERING THE CONTEST, THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE, OR WHILE PREPARING FOR, PARTICIPATING IN, OR TRAVELING TO AND FROM ANY PRIZE-RELATED ACTIVITY.

(f) Pacific Northwest Canned Pears Service, SmileMakers® Inc. and its promotion and advertising agencies not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing, typographical or other errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Contest Entry process or the Contest; (4) printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the uploading, the processing or judging of Contest Entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize (including any travel/activity related thereto). Released Parties are not responsible for misdirected or undeliverable Contest Entries or for any technical problems, malfunctions of computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Released Parties are not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any Contest Entry.

Miscellaneous. The Contest and these Official Rules will be governed, construed and interpreted under the laws of Washington. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend, cancel, postpone or extend the Contest or any entrant's participation in the Contest should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor's control affect the administration, security or proper play of the Contest or Sponsor otherwise becomes (as determined in its sole discretion) incapable of running the Contest as planned. If terminated, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from among all eligible Contest Entries received up to time of such action using the judging procedure outlined herein. Entrants who violate these Official Rules, violate any law, rule or regulation in connection with participation in the Contest, tamper with the operation of the Contest, or engage in any conduct that is detrimental or unfair to Sponsor, the Contest or any other entrant (in each case as determined in Sponsor's sole discretion), are subject to disqualification from entry into the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to lock out persons whose eligibility is in question or who have been disqualified or are otherwise ineligible to enter the Contest. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. If you have any questions about these Official Rules or the Contest, please e-mail them to playwithyourpears@gmail.com.

6. Contest Conditions (a) No substitutions, transfers or cash equivalent for a prize (or portion thereof) is allowed, except by Sponsor in its sole discretion due to prize (or portion thereof) unavailability and then for a prize (or applicable portion thereof) of equal or greater value.

(b) Sponsor is not responsible for failure of the Internet or the Web site during the promotional period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation in this Contest.

(c) Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or suspend the Internet portion of this contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond their reasonable control corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any Web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, contest sponsor(s) reserve(s) the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.

(d) Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, stolen, misdirected, illegible, or inaccurate entries or for failures of video or sound recording or video or sound listening equipment or for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, or any other technical, human or other problems or errors that may occur in connection with this Contest.

(e) Sponsor shall have the right, at its discretion, to disqualify any entries that they deem to be obscene, defamatory or otherwise unsuitable or not in good taste. By entering, each entrant warrants and represents that his or her entry is original and has not been previously published or submitted in any other competition, does not defame or otherwise violate the rights of any third party, does not contain any footage, music or other material from any third party (unless licensing rights have been secured and proof is provided to Sponsor) and does not violate any federal, state or local laws or ordinances. Modification of an existing work does not qualify as original. Entrant further warrants and represents that he or she has secured the requisite consent from all individuals appearing in any entry and will be able to provide that to Sponsor in a form acceptable to Sponsor. Entrant further warrants and represents that Sponsor and its designees use of entry submitted hereunder will not give rise to any residual or other payment obligations under any collective bargaining agreement or otherwise.

(f) Each entrant agrees that Sponsor shall own the entry (and all material embodied therein including but not limited to the video submitted by Entrant) and shall have the perpetual, worldwide right and permission (unless prohibited by law) to edit, publish, exploit and use the entry (and all material embodied therein including but not limited to the video submitted by Entrant) in any way and in any media for trade, advertising, promotional and/or other purposes as Sponsor may determine without further consideration to, compensation or approval from entrant or any third party. Sponsor and its affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies shall have no liability and will be held harmless by entrant for any claim, action, liability, loss, injury or damage to entrant or any other person or entity, including personal injury or death to winner or any other person or damage to personal or real property, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of entrant's participation in this Contest, or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize (including any travel or related activity) or Sponsor's or its designees' use of any entry submitted in this Contest. All entries shall become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.

(g) Contestants will be deemed to have received and understood the rules by participating in the contest.

7. Winners List: For the names of the Grand Prize Winners or for a copy of these Official Rules (please specify), send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for receipt by December 31, 2011 to Pearcasso Kids' Art Contest, c/o Flett, 652 Stanyan #303, San Francisco.

8. Sponsor: PACIFIC NORTHWEST CANNED PEARS SERVICE
105 South 18th Street Suite #205
Yakima, WA 98901-2145
Phone: 509.453.4837
Fax: 509.453.4880


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