KTBS 3 Minute Smile
Contest Rules
1. GENERAL INFORMATION: No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Open only to legal residents of the terrestrial geographic viewing area of KTBS 3 / KPXJ CW 21 who are between the ages of 7 - 11 as of October 1, 2019. Sweepstakes begins on October 1, 2019 and ends on December 15, 2019 at 11:59PM. All times in this contest refer to Central Time.
2. TO ENTER: To enter have a parent or legal guardian fill out the form on ktbs.com listing your name, age, address, daytime phone number [email address], and alternate phone number. You may choose to enter by mailing your name, address, phone number, e-mail address (if any), and age handwritten on a 3" x 5" piece of paper in an envelope to: THE 3 MINUTE SMILE, 312 E. KINGS HIGHWAY, SHREVEPORT, LA 71104. Limit one (1) Entry per person/household/per email address for the contest period. Multiple entries received from any person or e-mail address will void all such additional entries. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. Entries that are incomplete, illegible or corrupted are void and will not be accepted. All entries become the property of KTBS, Inc. and will not be acknowledged or returned. All entries must be received before 10:00PM CT on November 3, 2019 for week 1, November 10, 2019 for week 2, November 17, 2019 for week 3, December 1, 2019 for week 4, and December 8, 2019 for week 5 to be eligible for the weekly drawing. To be eligible for the drawing, you must follow the above instructions. The 3 Minute Smile will be a November 2019 contest in which five (5) viewers will be selected at random from all entries received prior to the deadline.
3. PRIZE: There will be five (5) winners, all children must be between the ages of 7- 11, by October 1, 2019. The five (5) winners selected will be allowed to run through an obstacle course, and if they complete the course successfully, they will win that particular prize. If they complete all five (5) stations of the obstacle course, they will win all five (5) prizes. The child will have (3) three minutes (also referred to as The Event) to complete the course. The course will be set by the 3 Minute Smile organizers and partners, and cannot be changed by the contestant. The prizes will be determined by the sponsors and organizers. The youth winner must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian during the event. THE WINNER MAY NOT BE ASSISTED BY ANY OTHER PERSON, WHETHER YOUTH OR ADULT. The approximate retail value ("ARV") of the prize is dependent on the actual number of challenges the winner is able to complete during the event. All taxes and all other expenses, costs or fees associated with the acceptance and/or use of any prize are the sole responsibility of the winners. The prizes cannot be transferred by Winners or redeemed for cash except as detailed above, with no substitution of prize by Winner. Limit one prize per family or household. This contest may be terminated at any time prior to the awarding of the prizes at the discretion of KTBS, Inc. and/or the sponsors. The prizes include a membership, bike, video gaming device, local experiences, and a gift card.
4. CHALLENGE/OBSTACLES: There will be five (5) stations a child gets to complete. When the youth completes station 1, he or she will receive the prize associated with station 1. When the youth completes station 2, he or she will receive the prize associated with station 2. When the youth completes station 3, he or she will receive the prize associated with station 3. When the youth completes station 4, he or she will receive the prize associated with station 4. When the youth completes station 5, he or she will receive the prize associated with station 5. Prizes associated with each station will be randomly assigned. The youth will draw a Jr. Weather Watcher picture prior to the run. They will run through the tunnel and take the drawing to the 3 Minute Smile board and tape the picture to the board. At this point, the clock starts and the child has 3 minutes to complete the five stations.
The first station is strapping a Kleenex box with 10 ping pong balls around your waist with the box on your back. By shaking and jumping, the contestant has to get all 10 balls out of the box in order to win this station and receive the prize associated with it.
The second station is holding a hair drying with the air headed toward the ceiling. Put the hair dryer on high and hold it as still and level as possible. Take a ping pong ball from the bowl and put it in the air, then a second ping pong ball and hold it. For children 7 – 9, they must hold the ping pong balls in the air 5 seconds, for children between the ages of 10 – 11 they must hold the ping pong balls in the air 10 seconds.
The third station is putting pieces of the body puzzle together. There are multiple layers of the puzzle. For children 7 – 9, they have to put one layer together, for children ages 10 & 11, they have to put two layers together.
The fourth station is sitting in the Santa Sleigh Lift. The child has to sit in the chair, put the seatbelt on, and push the buttons on both sides of the chair and go to the top of the lift. They have to come all the way back down to the bottom of the lift before unbuckling their seatbelt.
At the fifth station for the APPLE PIE DIVE, the child puts their face in cool whip to find 3 apples. Once they get an apple, they will transfer the apple to a bucket, and go back into the cool whip for another apple. Once all three apples have been found and moved to the bucket, the child has won this station. Goggles will be provided for the child to wear.
In the event a child gets stuck on a challenge, they can SKIP that station by holding up the SKIP sign. If they have enough time, they can return to this station with another chance to complete this station.
Special needs children may have another child of similar age run the course for them. The child must have a certified written IEP plan through his or her school district. The child must have a major physical or mental disability that would hinder his or her ability to run the course to be considered for this clause.
5. SELECTION OF WINNER AND ELIGIBILITY: Five (5) contest winners will be selected in a random drawing by employees of KTBS 3 from all correct eligible entries and will be notified by phone or at the email address provided by winner. The youth winner will be selected in a random computer drawing by employees of KTBS, Inc. from all eligible Entries on November 4, 2019, November 11, 2019, November 18, 2019, December 2, 2019, and December 9, 2019. The 3-Minute Smile Run itself will be held on November 7, 14, and 21, and December 5, and 12, 2019. Open only to legal residents of the terrestrial geographic viewing area of KTBS 3 who have attained the ages stipulated above on the dates stipulated. Employees of KTBS, Inc., the sponsors, and their immediate families are not eligible.
6. WAIVER OF LIABILITY: By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error in these Official Rules, or the Sweepstakes itself, and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by all decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor, whose decisions are binding and final. Winner will be required to sign and return to Sponsor an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release within 14 days of notification. If any prize notification is undeliverable, or in the event of non-compliance with any of these requirements, the prize will be forfeited, and an alternate winner will be selected at random from the remaining eligible entries. Employees of KTBS 3, KPXJ CW 21 and their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliate companies and advertising and promotion agencies and members of their immediate families (spouses, parents, children, and siblings and their spouses) are not eligible. Winner assumes all liability for any injury or damages caused or claimed to be caused by his or her participation in the sweepstakes and/or the acceptance and/or use of any prize, and release KTBS 3 / KPXJ CW 21, their respective officers, directors, and employees, from any such liability. Sponsor(s) and its respective officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries and affiliates assume(s) no responsibility for any injury or damage to participants or to any other person's computer relating to or resulting from entering or downloading materials or software in connection with this sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for telecommunications, network, electronic, technical or computer failures of any kind, for inaccurate transcription of entry information, errors in any promotional or marketing materials, errors in these rules, for any human or electronic error, or for entries that are stolen, misdirected, garbled, delayed by computer transmissions, lost, late, damaged, or postage due. Entry constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use winner's name, city, state, likeness and/or voice for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation. Entrants using electronic entry must be the registered subscriber of the email account from which the entry is made. Entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry.
7. ADDITIONAL RULES: Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received. This sweepstakes is sponsored by KTBS 3, Inc. Failure to comply with these rules may result in disqualification from this promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to withdraw the transmission of this sweepstakes or permanently disqualify from any promotion any person it believes has intentionally violated these rules. Youth winner must be accompanied by an adult parent or guardian to participate in the event.
8. WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT: For the names of the winners, available after December 15, 2019, visit www.ktbs.com, or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by December 30, 2019 to: KTBS, 312 E. KINGS HIGHWAY, SHREVEPORT, LA 71104.