16 CURB APPEAL 2014
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
1. PROMOTION DATES
a. 16 Curb Appeal will begin on Monday, July 14, 2014 at 5:00:00 am ET and end on Sunday, July 27, 2014 at 11:59:59 PM ET. (“Promotion Period”)
2. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
a. The Promotion is open to all legal residents of the United States 18 years of age or older at the time of entry and who live in the following counties: St. Joseph, Elkhart, LaGrange, Kosciusko, Fulton, Marshall, Starke and Pulaski in Indiana;
and Berrien and Cass in Michigan. You must also own and reside in the residence where the front yard makeover will be done and that property must be in one of the above counties.
b. Employees of WNDU (the “Station”), its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, its advertising agencies, participating sponsors/promotional partners, other broadcasting stations in the counties listed above, and the members of their
immediate families (spouse, parents, siblings or children) or households (whether related or not) are ineligible to participate or win. This Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void outside the United States, in NY and FL, as applicable, and where prohibited.
c. Only one winner per household is permitted in any Station-conducted contest/sweepstakes.
d. Only a single family home will qualify. No apartment buildings, condos, clubs, churches or businesses will be considered.
e. Winners of prizes (and their immediate family members or persons with whom they reside) valued at $200 or more in other WNDU contests between July 14, 2013 and July 13, 2014 are not eligible.
f. Prior Curb Appeal winners are not eligible.
g. Semifinalists must agree to make himself/herself and his/her property available for profile/interview between August 4 and August 8, 2014. h. Winner must agree to make himself/herself and his/her property available to WNDU-TV and Linton’s Enchanted Gardens for purposes of planning, producing and documenting the makeover between August 4 and September 1, 2014.
i. Entrants are required to provide truthful information and the Station will reject and delete any entry that it discovers to be false or fraudulent. The Station will disqualify any entry from individuals who do not meet the eligibility requirements, and will also delete any entry as required by law.2
3. ENTRY
a. To participate in the Promotion, you may enter via the following method(s):
i) ENTER VIA INTERNET--Log on to wndu.com and click on the 16 Curb Appeal link. Follow all online entry instructions. You must provide the following on your entry: 
- Your name and address
- The county in which you live
- Your birth date
- A phone number or numbers where you can be reached
- Three (3) pictures of the front yard of your home including a wide shot and medium shots
- A description (100 words or less) of why you need the 16 Curb Appeal Makeover
(1) Only one entry will be permitted per e-mail address.
(2) Online entry deadline is Sunday, July 27, 2014 at 11:59:59 PM ET.
(3) Internet entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned to the email address by an internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning the email address or the domain associated with the submitted email address. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Entries submitted will not be acknowledged or returned. Use of any device to automate entry is
prohibited. Proof of submission of an entry shall not be deemed proof of receipt by Station. The contest/sweepstakes administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for the Promotion. For purpose of this Promotion, a “Day” shall begin at 12:00:00 a.m. ET and shall end at 11:59:59 p.m. ET.
ii) ENTER VIA POSTAL MAIL—Mail-in entries must include: ? Your name and address
- The county in which you live
- Your birth date
- A phone number or numbers where you can be reached
- Three (3) pictures of the front yard of your home including a wide shot
and medium shots
- A description (100 words or less) of why you need the 16 Curb Appeal
Makeover
(1) Postal entries must be postmarked by 11:59:59 PM ET on Thursday, July 24, 2014 and mailed to:
16 Curb Appeal c/o WNDU-TV
54516 State Road 933
South Bend, IN 46637
(2) Only one entry may be submitted per outer mailing envelope.
(3) Submissions will not be returned to contest participants.
4. PRIZES
a. The winner will receive a $5,000 dollar front yard makeover. The prize will include the design and consultation from a Linton’s landscape architect, the cost of shrubbery removal and the cost of new shrubs and plants and the labor to
install them.
b. There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes. c. WNDU-TV and Linton’s Enchanted Gardens will not be responsible for restoring the winning property to its original condition if the winner is not satisfied with the
final makeover results.

d. Prizes carry no warranties of any type, whether express or implied, except as may be offered by sponsor, manufacturer, or otherwise required by law.
5. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION
a. Entries will be judged by representatives from WNDU-TV and Linton’s Enchanted Gardens. Contest judges will pick three (3) semifinalists from among all eligible entries based upon the written description and the suitability of the proposed property for a curb appeal "makeover" valued up to five thousand ($5,000) dollars (retail).
b. Entries submitted without entrant’s name and address, the county in which contestant lives, birth date, phone number or numbers where contestant can be reached, a description of why the 16 Curb Appeal Makeover is needed, and photographs may be considered incomplete and be disqualified.
c. The entries will be judged on the following criteria:
i) 40%--The “WOW” factor. Landscape architects will determine which properties show the most potential for improvement. Great before and after pictures.
ii) 40%--Your story describing your need for the makeover. This is the 100 word description you write as part of the entry.
iii) 20%--Winner’s ability to maintain the property once the makeover is complete.
d. WNDU-TV will interview (3) semifinalists between August 4 and August 8, 2014. e. Interviews will air on NewsCenter 16 from August 11 to August 13, 2014.4
f. Beginning August 13, WNDU-TV will display the three (3) semifinalists on wndu.com. During this period, WNDU-TV viewers will vote for the makeover winner. The exact voting window will be open from Wednesday, August 13, 2014
at 6:30:00 PM ET to Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 11:59:59 PM ET.
f. Winner will be announced on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 on 16 Morning News. Winner need not be watching to win.
g. Decisions of Station management with respect to the Promotion are final.
h. Winners must execute and return any required affidavit of eligibility and/or liability/publicity release within ten (10) days of notification attempt or winner will be disqualified and the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be
chosen by the second choice of the viewers’ pick. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to complete, sign and return the required affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release within the required time period, or if a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner will be disqualified and will forfeit the prize.
6. CONDITIONS
a. Winner agrees to display signs for Linton’s Enchanted Gardens in the front yard for the entire duration of the makeover and for two weeks after the makeover is officially designated completed by WNDU-TV.
b. Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winners. Winners will be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 or the equivalent including the winner’s full Social Security Number for receipt of any prize valued at $600 or more or for any prizes awarded by the Station in a calendar year with an aggregate value of $600 or more. Failure to submit a complete W-9 or equivalent will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize.
c. Participating in the Promotion and acceptance of prize constitutes winner’s and guest’s (where applicable) permission for the Station or its agents to photograph, film and record each winner, and to use his/her name, address (city and state), likeness, photograph, voice, biographical information and/or any statements made by him/her regarding the Promotion or its sponsors for purposes of trade, publicity or promotion without additional financial or other compensation, and, where legal, to sign a publicity release confirming such consent prior to
acceptance of the prize.
d. Prior to awarding any prize or prize certificate, and depending on the nature of the prize and eligibility requirements of the Promotion, the Station in its sole discretion will require verification of Promotion winner’s identification by a
showing of valid government-issued photo identification. By participating and/or accepting a prize, entrants, winners and guests (if applicable) agree to release and hold harmless the Station, its sponsor(s) and promotional partner(s), its advertising and promotion agencies, and each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities, and the officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns of each of them
(collectively, the “Released Parties”) harmless against any and all claims or liability arising directly or indirectly from the prize or participation in the Promotion. The Station will also require eligible Promotion winners and their
guests or travel companions, if any (as well as each of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s), if winners, guests or travel companions are under the age of majority in their state of residence), to sign a liability release confirming such consent.
e. The Station, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person (and all of their entries) from this Promotion if he or she tampers with the entry process, the operation of the Promotion, or the operation of the Station’s web channel or is otherwise in violation of the rules. The Station further reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the Promotion, or any part of it, if it is not capable of completion as planned or if any fraud, technical failures or any factor beyond the Station’s control, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion as determined by the Station in is sole discretion. Any attempt by an entrant or any person to deliberately damage any station web channel or to undermine the legitimate
operation of this Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the Station reserves the right to seek full prosecution and/or damages from any such individual to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Station’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of this provision. If due to circumstances beyond the control of the Station, any competition or prize-related event or travel is delayed,
rescheduled, postponed or cancelled, the Station reserves the right, but not the obligation, to modify, terminate, suspend or cancel the Promotion and shall not be required to award a substitute prize.
f. The Released Parties are not responsible for (i) typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the Promotion, or in the announcement of a prize; (ii) entries not received due to difficulty accessing the internet, service outage or delays, computer difficulties, malfunctions, disconnections, other technological failures, telephone service outages, delays, dropped calls, or busy signals, or any other difficulties that may prevent an
individual from sending or receiving a text message; or (iii) lost, stolen, mangled, misdirected, postage due, illegible, incomplete, incorrect, or late entries. Further, the Released Parties are not responsible if any part of a Promotion prize that cannot be awarded due to acts of god, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts of terrorism or other factors beyond the Station’s control.
g. To obtain a copy of the Official Rules or a list of winners following completion of the Promotion (please specify which), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope specifying “Official Rules” or “Winner List” to 16 Curb Appeal Winner List or Official Rules Request, WNDU, 54516 State Road 933, South Bend, Indiana 46637. A copy of the Official Rules and a list of winners (when complete) are also available during regular business hours at the main studio of WNDU at the above address. All such requests must be received within thirty (30) days
following completion of the Promotion.
7. TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT & PRIVACY POLICY
a. By use of this web channel and by entering this Promotion, you agree to the Station’s Terms of Use Agreement and to the use of your personal information as described in the Privacy Policy located at: wndu.com.
Sponsor: Linton’s Enchanted Gardens
Elkhart, Indiana