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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VALID ONLY IN THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED. PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE CHANCE OF WINNING. THE PROMOTION IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

Promotion: 2006 Pepper Your Community Promotion ("Promotion")
Sponsor: Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. ("Sponsor")
Judges: Independent Panel of Judges ("Judges")
Charity: Non-profit organizations that are listed in Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which deems them eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions ("Charity")
Promotion Dates: Nominating Period:
Start Date: June 7, 2006 at 8:00:00 AM PT
End Date: July 7, 2006 at 5:00:00 PM PT

Judging Period for 23 Finalists:
Start Date: July 8, 2006 at 8:00:00 AM PT
End Date: July 12, 2006 at 5:00:00 PM PT

Voting Period for 2 Grand Prize Winners:
Start Date: July 24, 2006 at 8:00:00 AM PT
End Date: August 11, 2006 at 5:00:00 PM PT

Posting Period for 2 Grand Prize Winners and 21 First Place Prize Winners:
Start Date: August 25, 2006 at 8:00:00 AM PT
End Date: September 15, 2006 at 5:00:00 PM PT
Entry Deadline: July 7, 2006 5:00:00 PM PT ("Entry Deadline")
Prize: $23,000 to two Grand Prize Winners' Charities of choice and $2,300 to each of the remaining 21 First Place Prize Winners' Charities of choice. Grand Prize Winners will also have the opportunity to meet and greet Earvin "Magic" Johnson at a time and location during the time period of September 11 - 13, 2006 to be determined by Dr Pepper and Magic Johnson Enterprises, subject to Earvin "Magic" Johnson's availability.
Addresses: Online Address: http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/drpepper/getpeppered (the "Microsite")

Winner's List:
Pepper Your Community Winners List
PO Box 240
Clear Lake, MN 55319


Promotion runs during the Promotion Dates. Entries must be received by the Entry Deadline above. There is no limit to the number of Nominations a Nominator may submit. No individual may submit nominations under more than one name, address or email address.

1. ELIGIBILITY: Nominators and Nominees must be legal U.S. residents of the United States. Nominators must be 13 years of age or older as of May 31, 2006. Nominees must be at least 13 years old as of May 31, 2006, and meet all other eligibility and other requirements herein. Employees of Sponsor, its licensed bottlers, their respective parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies (collectively, the "Promotion Parties"), and their promotional partners, advertising and promotional agencies, web masters and web and/or online promotion developers and persons engaged in the development of promotional materials, judging or administration organizations, or auditing or legal firms and members of any of the above's immediate family (parents, children, step-parents, step-children, siblings, step-siblings or spouses) or household members (whether or not related) of such employees, officers, and directors are not eligible.

2. HOW TO ENTER: To nominate someone for the Promotion, obtain an official nomination form at the Microsite during the Nomination Period. Fill out the nomination form with all information requested, including an essay of 2,000 characters or less typed in English in your own words explaining why a particular person ("Nominee") you know has excelled in one or both of the following categories: leadership & change advocacy or community and/or humanitarian involvement (80%). Entries will be further judged on their appropriateness to theme (20%), and support details provided in the essay that explain why a particular person ("Nominee") has excelled in the aforementioned criteria. DO NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSON'S FULL NAME OR OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION, OR ANY TRADEMARKS, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OF THIRD PARTY'S IN THE ESSAY. All nominations must include the following: nominator's name ("Nominator"), complete address, date of birth, daytime and home telephone numbers with area code, relationship to Nominee, e-mail address, and the Nominee's first name, last initial, city, state, description of merit, and Nominee's Charity. If your Nominee is selected as a finalist (refer to Rule 4 below), you will be required to contact the Nominee on Sponsor's behalf and request that Nominee contact the Sponsor directly for further information. Nominations must be entered online at the Microsite, by filling out the official online nomination form, including the required essay. Nominations that are not entered online at the Microsite will not be accepted. Entries must include a valid e-mail address for the Nominator. All submissions become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Official Rules are also found at the Microsite. There is no limit to the number of Nominations a Nominator may submit.

3. GENERAL CONDITIONS: By participating, Nominators accept and agree to abide by these Official Rules and all decisions of Sponsor and its independent judging and administration organizations, which are final and legally binding in all respects. No substitution of prize is offered, no transfer of all or any part of prize to a third party permitted. In the event that a prize cannot be awarded for any reason or winner is not capable of redeeming Prize for any reason, then neither Sponsor nor any of the Promotion Parties shall be obligated to award any prize and Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, whether or not to substitute the prize (or portion of prize) with a prize of comparable or greater value or cash value. The Charities chosen by the Grand Prize Winners and First Place Prize Winners are responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes, if any, on prize and any other expenses not specified herein as being awarded are solely the responsibility of the Charities. Non-compliance with these Official Rules may result in disqualification. By entering this Promotion, Nominators hereby release Sponsor, its licensed bottlers, their respective parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies, and their promotional partners, advertising and promotional agencies, web masters and web and/or online promotion developers and persons engaged in the development of promotional materials, judging or administration organizations, or auditing or legal firms and all of their respective employees, officers, shareholders, directors and agents (the "Releasees") from (i) any and all liability, loss, harm, damage, cost or expense, including, but not limited to, all reasonable counsel fees and court costs incurred, property damage, personal injury and/or death; (ii) anything related to the production, promotion, or execution of this Promotion (or Nominator's participation therein) or with the collection, use or publication of the Nominee's personal information; (iii) anything that may occur in connection with acceptance and/or use of the prize or while participating in or traveling to any Promotion-related activity. Submission of a nomination entry grants Sponsor and its agents the right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such entry in any way, in any and all media now known or hereinafter developed, without territory, time or other limitation, and without compensation to the Nominator or Nominee. Acceptance of Sponsor's donation of the Grand Prize to the Grand Prize Winners' Charities or the First Place Prize to the Finalists' Charities constitutes permission for Sponsor and its designees to use winner's name and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade in any medium, without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.

4. SELECTION OF WINNER: The Judges, whose decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to this Promotion, will judge all eligible entries to select twenty-three (23) finalist Nominees ("Finalists") during the Judging Period. All entries will be judged based on the following criteria: leadership, change advocacy, and community/humanitarian effort and appropriateness to theme and Promotion rules. In the event of a tie, tie breaker will be based upon the highest score in the first judging criteria, continuing thereafter to each judging criteria in order, as needed, to break the tie. Sponsor will contact the Nominators of the twenty-three (23) potential Nominee Finalists by phone or email in order to request that each potential Nominee Finalist contact the Sponsor. Nominees must contact the Sponsor within three (3) days after the Nominator receives notification from Sponsor that his/her Nominee has been selected as a Finalist. Upon contacting the Sponsor, Sponsor will obtain from each Nominee Finalist a brief biography and photos of the potential Nominee Finalist (as outlined below), as well as a required signed affidavit of eligibility and release of liability/publicity release ("Affidavit and Release") from both the potential Nominator and Nominee Finalist. The Affidavit and Release shall, among other things, authorize use of the Nominator and potential Nominee Finalist's name, photo and other personal information (street address, phone numbers and email address will not be posted) contained in the essay to be posted on the internet and otherwise used for advertising and promotional purposes, during the Voting and Posting Periods. Failure to return such signed affidavit/liability/publicity release within the timeframe set forth by Sponsor shall result in disqualification of potential Nominee Finalist and their Nominator. If one or more Nominees or their Nominator refuse or fail to return the Affidavit or otherwise their Nominator or the Nominee does not comply with the contact and verification process described above or these Official Rules, an alternate finalist(s), if Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, will be selected by the Judges. The confirmed Nominee Finalists essays, information and photos will be displayed on the promotional Microsite during the Voting Period.

  • Photo requirements: All Nominee Finalists will be asked to submit a high-resolution color photo in .jpg or .gif format of 300 dpi. File size should be no larger than 400K. The photo should be a photo of the Nominee Finalist involved in the activity for which they've been nominated. No other identifiable third party or third party name or logos may be contained in such photo. All photos submitted (online) will become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. The winner may be asked to provide Sponsor with an original negative (if available) of the photo submitted for use in the development of the print article.

  • Videos. Upon selection of the 23 Finalists, Sponsor will contract independent video production companies to contact selected Finalists in order to schedule a video shoot in the Finalist's city and state. Videos of the Finalists and 2 Grand Prize winners may be posted to the Microsite.

The Finalists entries and photos will be featured on the Microsite during the Voting Period during which time consumers will be asked to place a vote for the "Pepper Your Community" person they feel most deserves to win the $23,000 donation to their favorite Charity. Limit of one vote per person using a single Yahoo! ID. No person may enter votes by proxy for any other person. The two entries that receive the most votes before the Voting Period End Date will be the potential Winners. The potential Winners and runners-up will be notified by phone and/or mail on or about August 12, 2006. In the event of a tie, the Judges will determine the potential Winners based on the original judging criteria. Sponsor will not release or publish the online voting results.

Winners and their Nominators will be required by Sponsor to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Liability/Publicity Release ("Affidavit/Release") and a spokesperson contract provided by Sponsor within five (5) days following Sponsor's notification. Noncompliance within such five (5) day requirement, or inability or unavailability of any Winner or Nominator to accept a prize for any reason, may result in disqualification of such Winner and Nominator and selection by the Judges of an alternative Winner and Nominator from among all remaining eligible Finalists.

5. DISQUALIFICATION: Without limiting any other provision of these Official Rules, Sponsor reserves the right, at any time and in its sole discretion, to disqualify and/or deem ineligible to participate in this Promotion or any future promotions of Sponsor, any individual it suspects: to be tampering with the entry or voting process or the operation of the Promotion or Microsite; to be in violation of the Microsite's Terms of Use or Privacy Policy or other terms, conditions or guidelines; to have failed to agree to these Official Rules; to be in violation of these Official Rules; to be acting in bad faith, or in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner; or to be annoying, abusing, threatening, or harassing any other person in connection with the Promotion or the Microsite. Nominations of any Nominees who object to their nomination being considered for the Promotion will be disqualified. Furthermore, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to disregard and/or deem VOID any or all such person's entries and/or votes in the Promotion. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like entry or voting methods will void all such entries and votes by such methods, and disqualify any person using such methods. ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE THE MICROSITE OR TAMPER WITH OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES AS WELL AS CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SPONSOR BELIEVE OR BECOME AWARE THAT SUCH AN ATTEMPT HAS BEEN, IS BEING, OR WILL BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY RESPONSIBLE ENTRANT(S) OR VOTER(S) AND OTHER RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL(S) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

6. PRIZES:
Prizes are not transferable and no substitutions are allowed. If any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable or winner cannot be contacted for any reason, or winner does not return the required documentation, the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate.

  • Grand Prizes Two (2) Grand Prizes will be awarded to the winning Nominees' Charity of choice, consisting of $23,000.00 to each and, at Sponsor's discretion, a feature profile on the announcement page on the Microsite during the Posting Period. Approximate Retail Value (ARV): $23,000.00 each. Grand Prize Winners will also have the opportunity to meet and greet Earvin "Magic" Johnson at a time and location during the time period of September 11 - 13, 2006 to be determined by Dr Pepper and Magic Johnson Enterprises, subject to Earvin "Magic" Johnson's availability.

  • First Place Prizes All twenty-one (21) remaining Pepper Your Community finalists can designate $2,300 to the Charity of their choice, and may be featured on the announcement page on the Microsite during the Posting Period. Approximate Retail Value (ARV): $2,300.00 each.

7. DETAILS: Each Nominator and the Nominee, as applicable, represents that the essay, information and photograph submitted is the Nominator's or Nominee's, as applicable, original creation, has never been published, has not previously won any other contest award, does not infringe third party rights (including those of any photographer), and are suitable for publication, does not violate any decency or obscenity laws, and the right to submit it is not restricted. Nomination submission and photo cannot defame, libel, slander or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person's personal or proprietary rights, including trademarks. No mechanically reproduced, illegible, incoherent, unusable, or incomplete entries will be accepted. Sponsor is not responsible for typographical errors or any other errors submitted by entrants. Nominations not complying with all rules are subject to disqualification. Sponsor reserves the absolute right to reject any submission for any reason it deems not appropriate. No correspondence regarding nominations will be entered into with Nominators or Nominees except as described herein or otherwise at Sponsor's discretion. With respect to submissions (essay and photo), Nominator and Nominee unconditionally assign and transfer to Sponsor all rights, title, interest and claim, which thereafter including, without limitation, the copyright therein. Sponsor shall have right to use, alter, assign or dispose of such submissions however it sees fit without approval of entrants. By submitting, Nominators and Nominees agree that they have no right to bring (and covenant not to bring) any claim, action, or proceeding of any kind or nature whatsoever against Sponsor or any other Releasee in connection with this Promotion. In order to qualify as a First Place Prize Winner or Grand Prize Winner and to accept the First Place Prize or Grand Prize, both Nominator and Nominee will be required to sign documentation confirming that the Sponsor has the right to use Nominee's name, image, likeness, voice and biographical materials, as well as Nominator's submission for advertising, publicity and promotion purposes including without limitation online announcements without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.

8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Neither Sponsor nor any other Releasee is responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, or illegible, incomplete, postage due mail or human error that may occur in the receipt or processing of the entries, voting, other submissions or correspondence, shipping, or email (whether to or from them); or for any computer, telephone, satellite, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, or availability, or garbled, corrupt or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/website/use net accessibility, availability, or traffic congestion, or any technical error, or unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of other information, or the failure to capture any such information. Neither Sponsor nor any other Releasee is responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Microsite users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technical error, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the websites related to the Promotion. Neither Sponsor nor any other Releasee is responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Promotion or downloading materials from or use of any website related to the Promotion. If, for any reason, the Promotion is not capable of running as planned by reason of, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which Sponsor, in its sole opinion, deems could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion. IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR OR ANY OTHER RELEASEE BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INJURIES, CLAIMS, ACTIONS, DAMAGES, LOSSES OR LIABILITY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES RESULTING FROM OR ARISING FROM PARTICIPATION IN, OR THE PRODUCTION, PROMOTION OR ADMINISTRATION OF, THE PROMOTION, OR ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE, MISUSE, OR NONUSE OF THE PRIZE THAT MAY BE AWARDED, OR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE MICROSITE OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID MICROSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE MICROSITE AND ALL PRIZES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

9. PRIVACY: By submitting a Nomination in this Promotion, you agree to Yahoo!'s use of your personal information, as described in the Yahoo! Privacy Policy, located at http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/promo/index.html. The personal information collected from you in connection with this Promotion will be shared with Sponsor for the purposes of executing this Promotion only and for no other purposes. To learn how Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. uses this information, please contact Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. directly at the address below.

10. LIST OF WINNERS: For the name of the winners, available after August 25, 2006, send a separate, stamped, self-addressed (#10) envelope to the Winners List Address above. All requests must be received by August 31, 2006. Winners list will be sent when winner has been verified and prize has been awarded.

Sponsor: Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., 5301 Legacy Drive, Plano, TX 75024

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