Rules
Eligibility
- Participants must be 19+ years old to enter or vote.
- Prizes are limited to residents within 150 km of Ottawa, Ontario. Winners must pick up their Rescue Brew gift packs at the brewery during business hours.
Winners
- Winners are determined by the amount they raise through their contest entries.
- Only domestic animals can be contestants. Photos must show animals in a calm, danger-free, stress-free state (e.g., no signs of fear or anxiety, or depictions of animals in unsafe situations or in danger). If necessary, a new photo may be requested.
Photo Entries
- Entry fee: $10 per photo.
- Limit: One animal per entry. Photos with multiple animals or humans will not be eligible.
- Photos must be digital—no printed or professional/copyrighted images.
- Submission period: 12:00:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, February 15, 2025 – 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
- Entry fees are non-refundable.
- Inappropriate, indecent, or obscene photos will be disqualified without a refund.
- Entering multiple photos of the same dog does not increase chances of winning. Each dog can only win once.
Voting
- $1 = 1 vote
- Voting period: 12:00:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, February 15, 2025 – 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time) on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
- Votes will be electronically tabulated by Gogophotocontest, and their decisions are final.
Photo Session & Beer Label
- The top vote-winner will be featured on the 2025 Rescue Brew label and receive a professional photo session with Josée Lavoie Photoart. Session to be held the week of March 19-23, 2025, at Broken Stick Brewing Company (located inside the Dandy Lion Brew Pub), Hammond, ON.
- If the winner cannot attend the photo session, the runner-up will take their place.
- The photographer and brewery representative will choose the best image for the label, which may be stylized to fit the design of the beer label.
Fine Print
- By submitting an entry, you confirm the photo is your original work, and you own all rights to it. If the photo infringes on someone else’s copyright, you are responsible for any legal consequences.
- The limited-edition Rescue Brew will be presented at the reveal party, being held at Dandy Lion Brew Pub on April 12, 2025, and available for purchase afterward (while quantities last).
- By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor(s) (It Takes A Village Rescue, Dandy Lion Brew Pub, Broken Stick Brewing Company, Josée Lavoie Photoart), and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, other companies associated with the contest, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives, and agents (the Released Parties) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto), including, but not limited to: (a) any technical errors associated with the Contest, including lost, interrupted or unavailable Internet Service Provider (ISP), network, server, wireless service provider, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone, cellular tower or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (b) unauthorized human intervention in the Contest; (c) mechanical, network, electronic, computer, human, printing or typographical errors; (d) application downloads, (e) any other errors or problems in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors that may occur in the administration of the Contest, the announcement of the winner, the cancellation or postponement of the event if applicable, the incorrect downloading of the application the processing of entries application downloads or in any Contest-related materials; or (f) injury, death, losses or damages of any kind, to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrants participation in the contest or acceptance, receipt or misuse of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto). Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties' liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Contest, and in no event shall the Entrant be entitled to receive attorney's fees. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.
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