Culver’s FFA Ambassador Program

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

NOMINATORS AND NOMINEES (as defined below) MUST BE LEGAL RESIDENTS RESIDING IN THE 50 UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PUERTO RICO, THROUGHOUT THE CONTEST PERIOD AND CANNOT BE UNDER THE AGE OF 13 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.

CONTEST BEGINS FEBRUARY 19, 2024, AT 10:00 A.M. CT AND ENDS MARCH 15, 2024, AT 11:59 P.M. CT (THE “CONTEST PERIOD”); HOWEVER, SPONSOR, CULVER FRANCHISING SYSTEM, LLC (“CFS”), RESERVES THE RIGHT TO END THE CONTEST AT ANY TIME.

Eligibility:

NOMINATORS AND NOMINEES MUST BE A LEGAL U.S. RESIDENT RESIDING IN THE 50 UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND PUERTO RICO, AND CANNOT BE UNDER THE AGE OF 13 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF ENTRY to be eligible to win. Potential winners may be required to provide proof of legal U.S. residency if requested by CFS to determine eligibility and as a condition of prize award and further consent from a parent or guardian if under the age of 18 (or the age of consent on the potential award winner’s state of residence). VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Employees of CFS, its participating restaurants, and all of their respective parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, suppliers, printers, distributors and advertising, promotional and judging agencies (collectively, “CFS and promotion parties”) and the immediate family members of each, are not eligible to participate or win.

How to Enter:

To nominate someone to win this Contest, visit www.culvers.com/ffa-ambassador-program-contest (the “Website”) and fully complete the official nomination form (a “Nomination” or “Entry”) during the Entry Period. Each Nomination must comply with these Official Rules. The individual submitting the Nomination (“Entrant” or “Nominator”) are not required to make any purchase or pay any fee to nominate someone to win the Contest. Potential winners (“Nominees”) are not required to make any purchase or pay any fee to win the Contest.

Nominators must complete the required Nomination form fields before submitting for their nomination to be considered.

Nominators may only nominate one person. Multiple nominations from the same Nominator will be disqualified.

CFS is not responsible for entries not received due to electronic or technical reasons beyond its control. No mechanically reproduced, software generated or other automated multiple entries are permitted.

All Nominations must be received by no later than March 15, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. CT, the end of the Entry Period. In case of a dispute over the identity of a Nominee, CFS reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to deem that the entry was made by the registered subscriber of the email address submitted at the time of entry. All requested information on the entry form must be completed to enter and to be eligible to win. Proof of entering information at the Website is not considered proof of delivery to or receipt by CFS of such entry. Any communication, data or other information transmitted by a Nominator in connection with the Contest, whether by electronic mail, data survey/query or otherwise, is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. Entries become the exclusive property of the CFS.

The name of the Nominator (the person submitting a nomination on behalf of a Nominee) must be the name of the person who owns the email account; otherwise, entry may be deemed void.

Nomination Content:

By submitting a Nomination, the Nominator agrees that CFS has the nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, licensable, transferable and unrestricted right to use the Entry in whole or in part, commercially or noncommercially, in any media, in perpetuity, worldwide, including the right to publish and display the entry for advertising and publicity, and to edit and make derivative works, all without additional notification, review, approval or compensation to anyone, including the participant.

Your Nomination must meet all of the following requirements or it will be disqualified:

• Entry must be in English.
• Entry may not contain any confidential information about the Nominator or Nominee.
• All information must be truthful to Nominator’s reasonable knowledge. Entry must not include any unsuitable content such as information or content that may be obscene; disparaging; defamatory; libelous; threatening; pornographic; harassing; racist or otherwise offensive, inappropriate or unlawful, as determined by CFS in its sole discretion.
• Entry must not include or contain advertising or solicitations of business.
• The Nominee and the Nominator must be at least 13 years old or older at the time of submitting the Nomination.
• Entrant agrees to provide proof of any and all permissions, consents, or rights required under these Rules or eligibility at any time at the request of the CFS. Failure to do so will result in disqualification of the Entrant and the Entrant’s Nomination.

There are two ways to nominate (enter), as listed below:

• Nominations submitted through the Website. During the Contest, visit culvers.com/ffa-ambassador-program-contest (“Website”) and complete and submit the Nomination form. The Nomination form must include the Nominator’s full name and valid email address, the Nominee’s full name, Nominee’s FFA chapter, Nominee’s residing state, school grade of Nominee (must be enrolled in 2023-2024 school year), Nominator’s relation to Nominee, and completion of the short answer questions detailing why the Nominee should win. Nominators must agree to these official rules and confirm they are not under the age of 13 before submitting their Nomination to be eligible.
• Nominations submitted by email. To Nominate someone without submitting the entry form on the Website, Nominators may send their Nomination by email to social@culvers.com. Emailed Nominations must include Nominator’s full name and valid email address, the Nominee’s full name, Nominee’s FFA chapter, Nominee’s residing state, school grade of Nominee (must be enrolled in 2023-2024 school year), Nominator’s relation to Nominee, and completion of the short answer questions detailing why the Nominee should win. Nominators must include a written statement in the email indicating that the Nominator agrees to these official rules and that the Nominator is at least 13 years of age before submitting their Nomination.

Short Answer Questions. All Nominations must include answers to the following questions. Answers to these questions will be used by CFS to help inform selection of the 2024 FFA Ambassadors.

1. 1. Why would your nominee be a good representative of their FFA chapter, their community and Culver’s?
   2. Why does your nominee deserve to become a Culver’s FFA Ambassador?
   3. Does your nominee’s FFA chapter work with a Culver’s restaurant and if so, which one? (Optional)

Judging:

Nominations will be judged by representatives of CFS after the Entry Period has closed on March 15, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. CT. Nominations will be judged using the Nominator’s responses to the short answer questions listed in section 3 above. The judges/CFS reserve the right to choose winning FFA members based on their sole discretion. The Judge’s decisions are final and may not be contested or disputed.

Winners:

A minimum of five and a maximum of ten Nominees will be selected to become a Culver’s FFA Ambassador (each an “Ambassador”), subject to the following. If selected, each selected Nominee will be required to enter into an Ambassador Agreement with CFS and may be subject to further eligibility verifications and background checks by CFS. CFS reserves the right to approve or disapprove of any Nominee in its sole discretion. The Ambassador Agreement will require each Ambassador to participate in certain events and tasks as further described below, and agree to certain other terms and conditions consistent with brand endorsement agreements. If a selected Nominee is unwilling to agree to the terms of the Ambassador Agreement, the nominee will forfeit the opportunity to be an Ambassador. If CFS approves a selected Nomination and that Nominee signs the Ambassador Agreement to become a Culver’s FFA Ambassador, the FFA member will have the opportunity to earn up to $2,500 for their local FFA chapter by participating in three qualifying events/opportunities offered by Culver’s prior to January 31, 2025. Qualifying events include:

1. Take a photo at their local Culver’s restaurant wearing FFA attire on Scoops of Thanks Day (May 2, 2024) featuring How Now Brown Cow Fresh Frozen Custard and share it on social, tagging Culver’s appropriate account for the platform.
2. Visit their local Culver’s wearing FFA attire for a meet and greet lasting at least one (1) hour with guests.
3. Partner with their local Culver’s to host an event benefiting the Thank You Farmers® Project.
4. Work a shift lasting at least one (1) hour in the Culver’s booth during the National FFA Convention on October 23, 2024 – October 26, 2024.
5. Participate in a survey about the Culver’s FFA Ambassador Program.

Any selected Nominee under the age of 18 (or the age of majority in that Nominee’s state) will also be required to obtain parental or guardian consent to become an Ambassador. Ambassadors will not receive any monetary compensation. Certain approved expenses, if any, incurred by an Ambassador as may be required by the Ambassador Agreement will be reimbursed by CFS.

The Prizes (Nominations) are non-transferable, non-negotiable and non-divisible, unless otherwise stated in writing or agreed to in writing by the CFS.

General:

This contest is subject only to the laws of Wisconsin. Except as determined by CFS in its sole discretion, no substitution of prize is offered, no transfer of prize to a third party is permitted, and non-cash prizes may not be redeemed for cash value (unless at the sole discretion of CFS). Winner will be solely responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes on prizes.

Conduct:

By entering this contest, participants agree to be bound by these official rules and the decisions of CFS that shall be final and binding in all respects. The official rules will be posted on the website throughout the contest period. Failure to comply with these official rules may result in disqualification. CFS reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or the website; or to be acting in any manner deemed by CFS to be in violation of the official rules; or to be acting in any manner deemed by CFS to be unsportsmanlike or disruptive, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A USER OR PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, CFS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY:

CFS assumes no responsibility or liability for (a) any incorrect or inaccurate entry information, or for any faulty or failed electronic data transmissions; (b) any unauthorized access to, or theft, destruction or alteration of entries at any point in the operation of this contest; (c) any technical malfunction, failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or communications line failure, regardless of cause, with regard to any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers or providers utilized in any aspect of the operation of the contest; (d) inaccessibility or unavailability of the Internet or the website or any combination thereof; (e) any injury or damage to participants or to any other person's computer that may be related to or resulting from any attempt to participate in the contest or download of any materials in the contest. If, for any reason, the contest is not capable of running as planned for reasons that may include without limitation, infection by computer virus, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes that may corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this contest, then CFS reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest in whole or in part.

Prize Winner Notification:

Potential winners will be notified by email within 15 business days of April 1, 2024. Any failure of winner notification will result in prize forfeiture, and an alternate winner may be selected. Prize winner may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release with (where lawful) a publicity release within seven (7) days of attempted winner notification as indicated by the date on the Affidavit. Failure to return any required documents within seven (7) days may result in prize forfeiture, and an alternate winner may be selected.

If it is not possible to award winner because of circumstances beyond CFS’s control, including, but not limited to Acts of God, Government restrictions (including the denial or cancellation of any export or other necessary license), wars, insurrections and/or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the party whose performance is affected, CFS, in its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. If a random drawing needs to be conducted, only the stated number of prizes will be awarded. Prize is non-transferable, non-negotiable, non-divisible, and not redeemable for cash, credit or non-stated merchandise unless otherwise stated in writing or agreed to in writing by the CFS.

Winner Liability Release:

All participants, as a condition of entry into the contest, agree to release the CFS and promotion parties from and against any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages, or losses to persons or property that may be sustained in connection with accessing the website, submitting an entry or otherwise participating in any aspect of the contest, the receipt, ownership or use of any prize awarded, or while preparing for, participating in, or traveling to or from any prize-related activity or any typographical or other error in these official rules or the announcement of offering of any prize. The winner shall bear all risk of loss or damage to their prize after it has been delivered. CFS makes no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the appearance, safety or performance of any prize.

Winner:

For the name of the prize winners, mail your request before December 31, 2024, to Culver Franchising System, LLC, FFA Essay Contest, Winner Name, 1240 Water Street, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578.

CFS:

Culver Franchising System, LLC, 1240 Water Street, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578.

Disclaimer:

The information you provide will only be used in accordance with the CFS’s privacy policy found here: https://www.culvers.com/privacy-and-terms-of-use. The National FFA Organization and the National FFA Foundation are not responsible for this promotion.