MuttNation Share the Love Giving Opportunity

THERE IS NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SHARE THE LOVE GIVING OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHELTER AS PART OF MUTTNATION’S EFFORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR THE ADOPTION OF SHELTER PETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE A SHELTER’S CHANCES OF RECEIVING A GRANT. THE GRANTS WILL BE MADE BY MUTTNATION FOUNDATION, PO BOX 120064 NASHVILLE, TN 37212, AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION. GRANTS WILL BE MADE ONLY TO 501C3 NONPROFIT ANIMAL SHELTERS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PARTICIPATION IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW OR REGULATION.

Participants must confirm that they volunteered, fostered, or adopted a cat or dog between the dates of January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024 at 11:59pm CST.

VOLUNTEER / ADOPTER / FOSTER ELIGIBILITY:

The Share the Love Giving opportunity is open to legal residents of the Fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years of age and have reached the age of majority in their state of residence (in the U.S.A. minimum of 21 in Mississippi, 19 for residents of Alabama and Nebraska) by the date of entry. Eligible minors must obtain their parents’ or legal guardian’s consent prior to participating. Officers, directors, members, managers, staff, independent contractors, agents and employees of MuttNation Foundation, having its principal place of business at PO Box 120064 Nashville, TN 37212 as granting entity, and any of its respective, affiliates, administrative, and any other entity involved in the development, administration, promotion or implementation of this Share the Love Giving Opportunity, and members of their immediate family (spouse, parent, sibling or child and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside), and persons living in the same household of such employees, whether or not related, are not eligible to participate in this Share the Love Giving Opportunity. This Share the Love Giving Opportunity is void where prohibited by law or regulation. This Share the Love Giving Opportunity is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Between the dates of December 3, 2024 and December 31, 2024 at 11:59pm CST, potential entrants can visit https://muttnation.com/sharethelove/ and complete the necessary form to participate in the Share the Love Giving Opportunity.

An individual may complete a form for only one shelter. Forms that are lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, will not be eligible. MuttNation reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process. Use of bots or other automated processes to participate is strictly prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of MuttNation. All entries shall become the sole property of MuttNation and will not be returned.

GRANT RECIPIENT DETERMINATION:

Twenty (20) potential Shelter Grant Recipients will be selected in a random drawing held on or about January 6, 2024. Odds of any shelter receiving a Grant (as defined below) depend on the number of eligible forms completed and received. Grant recipient shelters must be either No Kill or Low Kill shelters. A No-Kill shelter means an animal is never euthanized for any reason. Low-Kill shelter means that the shelter does all it can to place every "adoptable" animal that comes into the shelter. There is not a time limit on an animal's stay, and an adoptable animal will not be euthanized to make room for another.

GRANTEE NOTIFICATION:

MuttNation’s decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to these grants. MuttNation will notify the selected shelters through the email or phone provided. The shelters selected for grants will be responsible for providing required IRS Letter of Determination of Nonprofit Status as well as their EIN prior to receiving their grant. If, for any reason, a selected shelter is unable to produce the required paperwork, another shelter will be selected in its place.

GRANTS:

Each selected shelter (“Grant Recipient”) will receive a grant in the amount of $1,000 to be used to support the adoption of shelter pets or improve the living conditions for the shelter pets.

GRANTS CONDITIONS:

Grants cannot be substituted, assigned or transferred.

TAXES & OTHER COSTS:

Grant Recipients shall be solely responsible for payment of all applicable federal, state, and local taxes (if any), any import, withholding or income tax, and any expenses associated with receipt of the grant and/or use not specified herein. Each Shelter Grant Recipient is responsible for ensuring that he or she complies with all applicable tax laws and filing requirements.

GENERAL CONDITIONS:

The submission of a volunteer form is solely the responsibility of the potential volunteer. Any automated receipt (such as one confirming delivery of text message or e-mail) does not constitute proof of actual receipt by MuttNation of a Volunteer / Foster / Adoption Form. By participating, each person agrees on his/her own behalf and on behalf of his/her heirs, executors, and administrators: (a) to be bound by these Rules and to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error therein or in the Share the Love Giving Opportunity itself, and to be bound by all decisions of MuttNation, which shall be binding and final in all respects relating to this Share the Love Giving Opportunity; (b) to release, discharge and hold harmless MuttNation, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and the respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, and representatives of the foregoing (collectively, “Released Parties”) from any and all injuries, liability, losses and damages of any kind to persons, including illness and death, or property resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from volunteer’s participation in the Share the Love Giving Opportunity or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any awarded grant and (c) to indemnify Released Parties from any and all liability resulting or arising from the Opportunity itself and to hereby acknowledge that Released Parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the Grant; Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disqualification from the Share the Love Giving Opportunity at MuttNation’s sole discretion.

In the event of a dispute regarding volunteer forms received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the volunteer and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the email address submitted. Released Parties are not responsible for misdirected or undeliverable entries or for any technical problems, malfunctions of any telephone lines, 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 late, lost, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, undeliverable, destroyed, garbled, stolen or postage-due mail, entries or shares; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether typographical, human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Opportunity, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Opportunity, the processing of forms, the announcement of the Grants or in any Opportunity-related materials. 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 Share the Love Giving Opportunity. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Share the Love Giving Opportunity or downloading materials from or use of any website connected with this Share the Love Giving Opportunity. MuttNation may disqualify anyone from participating in the Share the Love Giving Opportunity or from receiving a Grant (and void all associated entries/tweets) if, in its sole discretion, it determines that such person is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Share the Love Giving Opportunity by cheating, deception or other unfair playing practices, or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrant, MuttNation, MuttNation’s representatives or any other third party or that such person is engaging in any other misuse. ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SHARE THE LOVE GIVING OPPORTUNITY MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, MUTTNATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK ANY AND ALL REMEDIES AVAILABLE (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. MuttNation reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, modify or suspend any portion of the Share the Love Giving Opportunity (including, without limitation, these Official Rules) without notice, in any manner, and for any reason (including, without limitation, in the event of any unanticipated occurrence that is not fully addressed in these Official Rules) and, in the event of cancellation, modification, or suspension, to at its discretion select the Potential Grant Recipient(s) for the drawing(s) at issue from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken. Notice of such cancellation, modification, or suspension will be posted on https://muttnation.com/sharethelove/.

The failure of MuttNation to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of MuttNation, or other “force majeure” event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules.

DISPUTES:

THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE RIGHTS OF ANY AND ALL PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SHARE THE LOVE GIVING OPPORTUNITY ARE GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF TENNESSEE, AND ALL ENTRANTS, REGARDLESS OF SUCH ENTRANT’S RESIDENCY, AGREE THAT THE FORUM AND VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE SHALL BE IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. ALL ENTRANTS, REGARDLESS OF SUCH ENTRANT’S RESIDENCY AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. IF THE CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM IS NOT OTHERWISE RESOLVED THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS OR MEDIATION, IT SHALL THEN BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION ADMINISTERED BY THE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES PROVIDER OF MUTTNATION’S CHOICE. ALL ENTRANTS AGREE, REGARDLESS OF SUCH ENTRANT’S RESIDENCY, THAT ALL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF. VOLUNTEERS AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION.

REQUEST FOR GRANTEE’ NAMES:

For the name of the Grant Recipient(s) of the drawing (available seven (7) days after the Drawing Date) send a self-addressed, stamped, envelope to: MuttNation, Share the Love Giving Opportunity, c/o PO Box 120064 Nashville, TN 37212. MuttNation will respond to all such requests received within sixty (60) days after the applicable drawing date.