THE AMERICARES OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES AND LEGAL DISCLAIMER

Introduction

By entering into the Americares email survey drawing (the “Sweepstakes”), participant (“Participant”) agrees to abide by these Official Sweepstakes Rules and Legal Disclaimer and the decisions of Americares Foundation, Inc. (“Company”), such decisions which are final and binding in all respects.

No purchase or donation necessary to enter or win. Purchase of Company’s products or services, or donation to Company, does not enhance chances of winning.

Eligibility

The Sweepstakes is open solely to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, officers, directors, or agents of Company or any of Company’s partners, related companies, agencies, or agents, as well as the immediate family (defined as spouse, parents, siblings, children, and grandparents) and same household members of any such employee, officer, director, or agent, are not eligible to participate. All applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

How to Enter

Beginning on Monday, August 11, 2025 at 8:00am EST through Friday, August 22, 2025 at 11pm EST, log on to survey and follow the on-screen entry instructions. Fill in all required information. Company will not consider incorrect, fraudulent, incomplete, late, or otherwise non-conforming entries or entries that are intended to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person or entity in any way. Limit of one (1) entry per person; multiple entries by any one individual are void. Entries generated by macro, script, or other automated means are void. Entries generated by robotic, macro, script, or other automated means are void. Any entrant using fraudulent means to participate in the Sweepstakes will be disqualified and may be guilty of violating applicable criminal laws. All entries, once provided, are Company’s sole and exclusive property. Eligibility is at the exclusive discretion of Company, and Company shall be entitled to reject any entrant for any reason or no reason at all without having to provide an explanation. Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, suspend, or terminate the Sweepstakes for any reason and without prior notice to any Participant. In such instance, Company may, if and as appropriate, select a winner using reasonable means that are materially consistent with the Sweepstakes.

Alternative Method of Entry

To enter without completing the survey, mail a postcard with your full name, mailing address, phone number, and email address to:

Americares Foundation, Inc.
Attn: Survey Sweepstakes
88 Hamilton Avenue
Stamford, CT 06906

Mail-in entries must be received by Friday, August 29, 2025 to be eligible.

Provision of Materials and Information/Intellectual Property

By entering into the Sweepstakes, Participant represents and warrants as follows: (1) that it fully owns or has properly licensed whatever materials or information it submits hereunder in connection with the Sweepstakes and can make such submissions without violating any applicable law, agreement with any third-party, and/or third-party right of any kind (including without limitation any intellectual property, data protection, privacy, or publicity right); and (2) that any and all materials or information provided by it hereunder shall be true and correct in all respects. Furthermore, without limitation on anything set forth herein to the contrary, Company shall have the irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicensable right and license (but not the obligation) to exploit any and all such materials or information in any manner it so elects to promote the Sweepstakes, its business, brand, products, and/or services, throughout the world in perpetuity, and in any and all media, now or hereafter known.

Random Drawing; Prizes; Notifying Prize Winners

A random drawing will be conducted on or about September 2, 2025 by Company to select fifty (50) winners (individually and collectively, the “Winner”) from among all eligible entries received. Odds of winning depend on the number of entries received.
The potential Winner(s) will be notified by email and must respond to Company within10 days following the effective date of Company’s prize notification (the “Notification”). Failure to respond within the applicable time period will result in forfeiture of the prize, which is $25 digital cash card (the “Prize”), and Company shall have the option to award the Prize to an alternate Winner. The return of the Notification or Prize as undeliverable may also result in disqualification and an alternate Winner may be selected. Company is not responsible for digital communications that are undeliverable as a result of any filtering of any kind, insufficient space in a Participant’s account, or any other failure beyond its reasonable control. In the event of a dispute with respect to entries received from more than one user having the same e-mail address/account, the authorized subscriber of the account in question at the time of entry will be deemed the proper entrant. A potential Winner will also forfeit the Prize if the winner is disqualified as not eligible to have participated in the Sweepstakes in the first instance.
All federal, state, and local income taxes resulting from acceptance of the Prize are the responsibility of Winner. Company reserves the right to substitute an alternate Prize of comparable or equal value in its sole discretion.
Subject to applicable law, the Prize is offered “as is” without any express or implied warranty of any kind or nature, including without limitation, any warranty respecting condition, merchantability, quality, title, or fitness for a particular purpose. Company is not responsible for replacing the Prize if damaged unless such damage is caused by Company. Winner must look to the Prize’s manufacturer for potential guarantees or warranties of any kind.

Release

Subject to applicable law, by entering into a Sweepstakes and potentially receiving a Prize, each Participant agrees to release, discharge, and hold harmless Company, along with Company’s employees, officers, directors, affiliates, partners, agents and assigns, from and against any claim, cause of action, demand, or proceeding (each, a “Claim”), and any resultant loss, injury (including death), cost, expense, fee, fine, penalty, or other loss or expense of any kind, including attorneys’ fees (each, a “Loss”), relating to or arising directly or indirectly out of the participation in a Sweepstakes (or related activity such as a press release), and/or from Participant’s receipt, use, or misuse of any Prize, no matter how such Claim or Loss arises (including without limitation, if arising out of any damage to a Participant’s computer system from downloading or using material from Company’s, or an affiliate of Company’s, website).

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY, AND/OR COMPANY’S PARENT, SUBSIDIARY, LICENSEES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, ASSIGNS, AFFILIATES, OR RELATED COMPANIES (COLLECTIVELY WITH COMPANY, THE “COMPANY PARTIES”), BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF ANY PARTICIPANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, THESE OFFICIAL RULES, AND/OR ANY PARTICIPANT’S RECEIPT, USE, OR MISUSE OF A PRIZE, NO MATTER UNDER WHAT THEORY ARISING, EVEN IF ANY COMPANY PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLY OF SUCH DAMAGES. COMPANY PARTIES’ ENTIRE LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO: ANY PARTICIPANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, THESE OFFICIAL RULES, AND/OR ANY PARTICIPANT’S RECEIPT OF A PRIZE SHALL BE LIMITED TO $500. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE AFOREMENTIONED LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY AND AS SUCH, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

Use of Collected Materials and Information

Company will be collecting, storing, and exploiting personal data about Participants to administer the Sweepstakes and exercise its rights hereunder, including without limitation, those relating to marketing and publicity. By entering into the Sweepstakes, Participants agree to Company’s collection and use of their personal information. For more information on Company’s handling of personal information, see Company’s Privacy Policy, a copy of which can be found at the following link.

Dispute Resolution

The parties hereto acknowledge and agree as follows: (1) that all disputes, causes of action, and claims connected to or arising in any way hereunder between the parties shall be resolved solely on an individual basis (i.e., class actions suits are hereby waived by the parties), and exclusively by the state or federal courts situated in the state of Connecticut; (2) that the laws of the state of Connecticut shall govern, without regard to its conflict of laws principles; and (3) that the parties hereto waive any right to a trial by jury.

Winner’s List

For a list of all Winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to 88 Hamilton Avenue, Stamford, CT 06906 on or after September 19, 2025 with your request.

Company

Americares Foundation, Inc.