On Safari for the Ultimate Starters Kit Contest!
** Please understand this contest is only available to those persons residing in the United States of America, as current USPS regulations forbid the shipping of electronic cigarette batteries and nicotine liquids from the States. I do not like or approve of this limitation, but I cannot forego compliance.
I have a little contest in mind with a big prize package for one lucky person, which ties in both my support of electronic cigarettes as a smokeless alternative to tobacco cigarettes and to one of my favorite charities. The prize package is one I call the Ultimate Starters Kit it has it all for someone looking to quit smoking and try vaping, everything from batteries to juice and even some great bling! And, a little bit of that bling ties to the charity Ive chosen to introduce to you. The prize package components are listed in my second post.
PLEASE NOTE!
THE PRIZE PACKAGE IS OF MY OWN COMPILATION, AND THE BRAND(S) OF MY CHOOSING. NO VENDOR OR SUPPLIER WAS SOLICITED FOR ANY PORTION OF THE PRIZE.
NO MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITY ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER THIS CONTEST AWARENESS IS THE ONLY CHARITY GOAL.
On to the contest! Here is what you need to do to enter:
The charity I would like to introduce is the Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida! Go to the BCR website at www.bigcatrescue.org. Under the top line menu, mouse over Photos & Facts and then click on Meet the Big Cats. There, you will find a list of all the big cats currently in the care of Big Cat Rescue along with their photos and brief biographies of how they came to be with BCR. Read up on a few of the cats and get to know them! Then, choose the name of the cat(s) you like best to be a part of your contest entry.
Now, back to ECF and this thread for your contest challenge:
You are on safari
Whether that safari is in the wilds of Africa or in your own backyard is of your own choosing. The only thing you have that can shoot is a camera, and you have a journal.
Your contest entry is a journal entry! Describe your encounter of the big cat from BCR on your safari. Maybe you will describe your face-to-face encounter with Joseph, the big lion of the African plains. Maybe youll describe the imaginary chance meeting of Orion, the powerful cougar, who emerged from gazing up at the constellation with your children during a backyard camping trip. No matter the journal entry, neither the cats nor you are to be harmed in any way. And, since this is supposed to be fun, there will be no grammar police, and your entry does not have to be word perfect.
Then, finally, dedicate your journal entry to the person you would like to give the chance to start a new lifestyle without tobacco cigarettes. It could be your sister, dad, cousin, best friend, or even yourself.
I will be reading each and every entry in this contest. This contest will end on September 30, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time in the United States (I am in this zone and it is easier for me to mark the end of the contest period). At the end of the contest period, 10 entries will be selected for final review by use of a random number generator and probably by the hand of an ECF friend so I will not be biased in the selection of the final 10. The winner of the Ultimate Starters Kit prize package will be selected from among these 10. I will not be announcing the 10 random entries, but I will announce the prize winner publicly. The winner will be publicly announced October 02, 2012, in the evening by 8:00 p.m. Mountain Time (please bear with me if it is not instant, Ive been working between 10 and 12 hours per day, lately). The winner will receive a PM from me asking for a shipping address and information (I will pay shipping, and no information will be shared by me to anyone else in any way except at the post office counter). This is the way I have chosen to make the selection given that I am only one person, and my final say goes. Nonetheless, I hope there are a lot of entries out there!
Here are the written in stone rules:
1) This contest is open to ALL ECF members and moderators alike. We all know someone we would like to help, even if it is ourselves.
2) All entrants must be 18 years of age or older to participate (although it is a given for this forum, I feel the necessity to reiterate this requirement).
3) Three journal entries will be allowed per person/account. Entries should be 200 words or less, but will not be disqualified if over (I am going to read them all, and would like to keep my eyes in focus, lol).
4) Journal entries MUST start with the numbering system using DAY 1, DAY 2, or DAY 3 as appropriate (although you do not have to wait a day in between to post). If your entry does not start in this fashion, it will not be eligible for a chance at the prize.
5) Journal entries MUST each contain the name of one or more of the big cats from Big Cat Rescue.
6) Journal entries MUST be finished with the dedication to someone you would like see have a new beginning with vaping and to leave tobacco behind (it can be to yourself).
7) Chit chat on topic is allowed, but the post MUST start with "CHIT CHAT" or NOT AN ENTRY or "NAE" - chit chat will not be considered for prize review.
8) Any abusive or offensive posts, or posts made with the intent to troll or flame, will be reported and I will ask they be removed. Please be courteous and have fun!
9) If you are the winner, I ask you to please not sell this prize in the classifieds, here or elsewhere. If you cannot or will not use this prize as intended, please pass it on without cost to a newbie and/or someone you care about to help them on their vaping journey, and hopefully, into better health.
At some time, I hope you will also spend a little time at the Big Cat Rescue website to learn a little more about this non-profit organization devoted to the rescue, care, and rehab of cats from abusive and other threatening situations.
On to post #2 for the prize package:
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