Organizer: Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC)
Program: TICCIT (Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees)
TICCIT is an educational program for school-aged children in the United States that highlights the renewability and sustainability of paper and paperboard packaging. The program teaches students that trees are a sustainable crop just like fruits and veggies, highlights the many uses for trees and paper, and underscores the importance of recycling.
Registered schools will receive exclusive access to the TICCIT video presentation after April 1, 2021. The full video is approximately 20 minutes in length. Upon watching the TICCIT video presentation, students will be able to submit their wishes for a sustainable future. With parent consent, each submission will serve as an entry to PPC’s 2021 TICCIT Scholarship Program. Artwork, photos, videos, poetry, letters, and any other creative virtual medium submissions will be accepted. Both individual and group submissions are eligible to win.
Throughout the week of June 1, 2021, a panel of judges will select winners using a rubric for each scholarship based on location, as well as use of creativity, use of sustainability messaging, application to paperboard packaging, and general application of TICCIT content judged on scale of excellent, good, satisfactory.
Prize: Scholarships will be awarded on behalf of student(s) winners and paid directly to the winning students’ classrooms, schools or youth organizations. Scholarships range between $250 and $1,000 and must be used by winning organizations to fund recycling initiatives, science activities, nature activities, tree and sapling planting materials, as well as general school and paper supplies. A minimum of $2,000 in scholarships will be awarded.
Contest Entry Period: April 1 – May 28, 2021
To enter, entrants must submit artwork, photos, videos, poetry, letters, and any other creative virtual medium (“Submission”) along with a short description accompanying each submission which explains their wish for a sustainable future.
Submitted videos must be no larger than 500 MB is size and in one of the following formats: MOV, MPEG, MPG, MP4, M4V, VOB, FLV, AVI, ASF, DIVX, WMV). Submitted photos must be no larger than 50 MB in size and in one of the following formats: JPG, GIF, TIF, PNG.
Entries may not include unsuitable content; obscenity; disparagement; defamation; pornography; harassment; racial, ethnic, or sexual slurs; other offensive conduct or material, or otherwise include inappropriate or unlawful content, as determined at the PPC’s sole discretion.
Number of entries per person: Maximum two per person
CONTEST RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MAKING A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
In these Official Contest Rules (“Rules”), the following terms have the meanings set out below. In addition, other capitalized terms have the meaning so given to them.
“Contest” means the contest specified in the Contest Summary;
“Contest Requirements” means the guidelines and criteria that entrants must abide by to be eligible for the Contest;
“Contest Site” means https://paperbox.org/earthday;
“Contest Summary” means the Contest Summary which specifies certain information for the Contest;
“Organizer” means PPC;
“Prize” or “Prizes” means the prize or prizes (if there are multiple prizes) to be awarded as specified in the Contest Summary;
“Site” means paperbox.org any and any services available thereon.
Eligibility: The Contest is FREE to enter and open to all 1st through 5th graders in the United States who have parental consent to participate (“you” or “Contestant”). It is the parent’s responsibility to ensure that you are legally eligible to enter the Contest under any laws applicable to you in your jurisdiction of residence or otherwise. The employees, officers and directors of PPC and The Markens Group, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee, officer and director, are not eligible to participate in the Contest.
Agreement to Official Rules: By participating in the Contest, you fully and unconditionally agree to and accept these Rules and the decisions of PPC, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Whether or not you receive a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these Rules. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws. The Contest is void where prohibited by law.
Contest Period: The Contest opens on the date and time specified in the Contest Summary, and ends on the date and time specified in the Contest Summary (the “Contest Period”). The Administrator’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Contest.
How to Enter: To enter the Contest, complete and submit an official Entry Form either on the Contest Site or by email to janice@paperbox.org. You must provide a Submission that fulfills the Contest Requirements as specified in the Contest Summary to be eligible to win a Prize. Entries that do not include all the required information and adhere to the Rules will be considered void. PPC is not responsible for lost, misdirected or incomplete Submissions. PPC will determine in its sole discretion if a Submission meets the Contest Requirements and otherwise complies with the Rules.
Terms of Submission: You may enter the Contest up to two times per student as specified in the Contest Summary. You may withdraw your Submission at anytime by emailing janice@paperbox.org.
Rights Granted by you: By entering this Contest, you agree that PPC, its licensees, successors and assigns will have the right to use all or a part of your Submission, your name and address (city and state/province/territory), and the names, likenesses, photographs, voices and images of all persons appearing in the Submission anywhere in the world and in perpetuity, for future advertising, trade, promotion and publicity in any manner and in any medium now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity, without compensation and without notice to you and without consideration, review or approval from you; and you agree that you will not now nor in the future be paid for your Submission or for granting PPC any of the rights set out in these Rules.
Your Representations and Warranties: By entering the Contest, you represent and warrant that:
- your Submission, in its entirety, is an original work by you and you have not included third- party content (such as writing, poetry, text, graphics, artwork, logos, photographs, likeness of any third party, musical recordings, clips of videos, television programs or motion pictures) in or in connection with your Submission without permission;
- your Submission consists of material created by you and that the use thereof by PPC, or the exercise by PPC of any of the rights granted by you under these Contest Rules, does not and will not infringe or violate any rights of any third party or entity, including, without limitation, patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, defamation, privacy, publicity, false light, misappropriation, confidentiality, or any contractual or other rights;
- you have all the rights, licenses, permissions and consents necessary to submit the Submission and to grant all of the rights that you have granted to PPC under these Contest Rules; and
- all persons who were engaged by you to work on the Submission, who appear in the Submission in any manner, or have contributed to the Submission have:
- given you their written consent to submit the Submission without claims for payment of any kind; and
- provided written permission to include their name, likenesses, image or pictures in or with your Submission (or if a minor who is not your child, you must have the permission of their parent or legal guardian) and you may be asked by the Organizer to provide such permission in writing to the Organizer;
- Indemnification: You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless PPC and its employees, directors, officers, and agents as to any claims relating to the submission or use of the Submission in the Contest.
Prizes: The Prizes will be scholarships ranging in value from $250 to $1,000, to be awarded to the school, classroom or youth organization identified in each Winner’s Entry Form. A minimum of $2,000 in scholarships will be awarded. No substitution of a Prize will be made unless PPC, in its sole discretion, determines otherwise. A Prize must be accepted as awarded.
Winner(s): The winner(s) (“Winner(s)”) of the Prize(s) will be selected, as specified in the Contest Summary, from all eligible Submissions received. If you are selected as a Winner, your affiliated school or organization will be notified of the selection of your Submission by the phone or email address provided on the School/Organization Registration Form. If your affiliated school or organization does not respond to the phone or email notification of your selection as a Winner within three (3) days, an alternate Winner will be selected to receive the Prize. All PPC decisions in selecting the Winner (s) are final and binding on all entrants in all matters relating to the Contest. The identities of the winning classrooms, schools and/or youth organizations will be posted on the Contest Site on or after May 31, 2021.
Judging: Judging will be conducted as stated in the Contest Summary.
General Conditions:
PPC has the right to verify your eligibility and compliance with these Rules and to disqualify you on the basis of its investigation.
PPC reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest at any time (subject to approval of any regulatory body having jurisdiction), if it is determined that the Contest cannot be run as originally planned or if fraud or any other occurrence comprises the fairness or integrity of the Contest.
Your personal information will be processed in accordance with PPC’s Privacy Policy set out at https://paperbox.org/ppc-privacy-policy/, as amended from time to time. You should direct any request to access, update, or correct your personal information to PPC.
Liability Provisions:
You assume all risk of damaged, lost, late, incomplete, invalid, incorrect or misdirected Submissions.
PPC shall not be liable to a Winner or any other person for failure to supply a Prize or any part thereof, for reasons beyond the reasonable control of PPC which render the Prize unavailable or impracticable to award, or for any force majeure event, technical or equipment failure, terrorist acts, labor dispute, or act/omission of any kind (whether legal or illegal), transportation interruption, civil disturbance, or any other cause similar or dissimilar beyond PPC’s control which impacts or invalidates the Contest.
PPC and its employees, officers, directors, agents, contractors, representatives, affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, resellers, dealers, distributors, and advertising/promotion agencies (the “Released Parties”) shall not assume any responsibility whatsoever for any of the following: delayed, failed, partial or garbled computer transmissions; technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to, lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, internet, or other connections; the availability, accessibility, technical failure or miscommunications of computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions; the incorrect or inaccurate capture or failure to capture information, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, network or otherwise arising out of or relating to the Contest; theft, loss, destruction or damage to a Submission in whole or in part; and other factors beyond their reasonable control. The Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to your or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Contest.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, YOU AGREE THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND WILL BE RELEASED AND HELD HARMLESS BY YOU AND YOUR HEIRS, EXECUTORS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS FOR ANY CLAIMS, LIABILITIES, OR CAUSES OF ACTION OF ANY KIND OR NATURE FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES TO PERSONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DISABILITY OR DEATH, AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, DUE IN WHOLE OR IN PART, ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, NOW OR IN THE FUTURE FROM THE DELIVERY, ACCEPTANCE, USE OR MISUSE OF THE PRIZE, ANY AND ALL USE AS PROVIDED HEREIN OF YOUR ENTRY, OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST AND/OR ANY RELATED CONTEST. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IN WHICH CASE SUCH LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION SHALL APPLY ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW IN THE RELEVANT JURISDICTION.
Disputes: Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Contest Rules, or the rights and obligations of the participant and PPC in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Massachusetts, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Massachusetts. The venue for any dispute arising under these Rules shall be the state or federal courts located in Massachusetts.
