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Project Orange Thumb

2008 Grant Application

Grant Overview:

Ten (10) grant award winners will be selected. Each winner will receive up to $1,500 in Fiskars Garden Tools and up to $800.00 in gardening-related materials. Prizes are not transferable, or substitutable, except by Sponsor at its sole discretion. Failure to collect or properly claim prizes in accordance with these rules or to comply with these rules will result in forfeiture of the prizes. If forfeited for any reason, winners will not receive any other prize substitution or compensation. All federal, state and local taxes related to any prize are the sole responsibility of winners.

The 2008 Application: Download(pdf)

Additional Rules & Restrictions

Eligibility:

Gardens and/or gardening projects geared toward community involvement, neighborhood beautification, sustainable agriculture and/or horticultural education are eligible. Community garden groups, as well as schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, etc. are encouraged to apply. Only group applications will be considered; single individuals are not eligible for a Project Orange Thumb^SM grant. This is not a contest or sweepstakes.

Important Dates:

Applications Open: December 15, 2007
Applications Deadline: February 15, 2008*
Winners Notified: March 15, 2008
Grant Materials Orders Due: March 31, 2008
Monthly Reports / Submissions: First Monday of Each Month
Project Update Deadline: June 30, 2008
Final Report Deadline: September 5, 2008

* Applications must be postmarked by 2/15/08 – Faxed applications will not be accepted.

Application Instructions:

Submit only copy of application and support materials. Only hard copies will be accepted.
Support Materials should not be bound. Printed materials & application support materials should be contained with (1) one binder clip in the upper left corner. Question one materials do not need to be included within the binder clip.
Answers to Question 1 may be in any format or presentation (materials for responses to Question 1 do not need to fit within the binder clip). Narrative answers to Questions 2 – 5 must be typewritten.
Applications must be typewritten; narratives should be double spaced with a 1” margin in a 12 pt. Font – Times New Roman.
If media support materials are included they should be in a conventional DVD, VHS, CD format. Jump drives, portable hard drives or other storage devices can by submitted – but will not be returned.(PAL, SECAM, BETA, or other non-traditional formats will not be accepted)
Please send application materials in a flat (any size) envelope/box without folds.
Application materials will not be returned – and become the sole property of Fiskars Brands, Inc.

Rules of Participation:

Entries will be judged, and recipients chosen, by a panel of Fiskars Garden & Outdoor Living personnel, based on the following criteria and requested information described herein. Decision of the judges in all matters is final. Grant Winner criteria will utilize a point scale system to evaluate: adherence to all grant requirements, overall adherence to theme, overall plan goals/objectives, project follow-up/communication objectives, initial impression/ability to inspire new gardeners, community involvement plan, and overall project execution plans.
All information is required to process the application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
All entries become the sole property of Fiskars Garden & Outdoor Living and will not be returned. Fiskars Garden & Outdoor Living reserves the right to publish submitted materials. (see License and Release Agreement)
Open to any community garden in the 50 United States and DC only.
Applications will be divided into 3 categories: Education, Community, and Senior Center to ensure proper evaluation and consideration.
A list of winners from 2008 and previous years will be available at the Project Orange Thumb website at www.fiskars.com. For a list of winners, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope by May 1, 2008 to: Fiskars’ Project Green Thumb Winners List, c/o Fiskars, 780 Carolina Street, Sauk City, WI 53583.
Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received, and the quality of those eligible entries as perceived by the qualified judges.
Potential winners will be notified by email to the email address provided during the registration process, and may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility, mutually agreeable liability release and/or publicity release ("Releases"). All prize claims are subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official Rules. If a potential winner is unreachable after fourteen (14) days, fails to provide all information required on the Releases, fails to sign and return the Releases, or if potential winner is unavailable for prize fulfillment, an alternate winner will be named the winner. Sponsor is not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, lost, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts to notify winner or award prize, or for any late, lost, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts of winners to claim prizes.

Grant Recipient Requirements:

Grant recipients must…

Grant a publicity release permitting Fiskars Garden & Outdoor Living to publicize and promote the grant and agree to participate in publicity requests associated with the Project Orange Thumb^SM program;
With assistance from Fiskars, publicize to the local community their garden and the support it received from Fiskars Garden & Outdoor Living;
Maintain a journal throughout the gardening season. The journal will be supplied by and must be submitted to Fiskars Garden & Outdoor Living for its use and publication;
Prominently post signage provided by Fiskars Garden & Outdoor Living recognizing the grant;
Provide routine updates (photos, narrative, video) of the garden throughout the process and growing season;
Participate in electronic community forums (blogs) regarding your community garden; and
Within nine months of receiving the grant, submit a final report (including at least three color photos of the garden and participants) describing how the garden and the community benefited from the grant.

Application Mailing Address:

Fiskars Garden & Outdoor Living
Attn: Project Orange Thumb
780 Carolina Street
Sauk City, WI 53583

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROGRAM MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO VOID OR DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL MAKING SUCH AN ATTEMPT, AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. The Sponsor is not responsible for: (i) transmissions or entries that are lost, late, stolen, incomplete, damaged, garbled, destroyed, misdirected, inaccurate, undelivered, delayed or any entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed under these rules; (ii) any problems or technical malfunctions, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, delays in operation or transmission, communication failures or human error that may occur in the transmission, receipt or processing of entries, or for destruction of or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; (iii) failed or unavailable hardware, network, software or telephone transmissions, damage to entrants' or any person's computer and/or its contents, or causes beyond the Sponsor’s reasonable control that jeopardize the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Program; or (iv) any other errors or problems of any kind relating to or in connection with the Program, whether computer, network, technical, mechanical, printing, typographical, human or otherwise, including, without limitation, errors or problems which may occur in connection with the administration of the Program, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prize or in any Program - related materials. All entries that are incomplete, or do not conform to the rules of this Program will be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, modify or terminate the Program if fraud, misconduct or technical failures destroy or threaten the integrity of the Program, or if a computer virus, bug, other technical problem or unauthorized human intervention corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of the Program as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. In the event of early termination, Sponsor may, at its sole discretion, select the potential winner randomly from all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.

Sponsor reserves the right to alter or terminate this program at its sole discretion in the event of extreme, unexpected or unusual circumstances that compromise the integrity of the contest. Sponsor is not responsible for printing, typographical, mechanical or other errors, including such errors that may lead to erroneous appearance of qualification for a prize.

By participating in this Program, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all matters relating to this Program. In the event a winner is found to be in violation of any of these rules, he/she will be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse the Sponsor for the stated value of the prize if such violation is found after the prize has been used by winner. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Sponsor and its designees to use winner's name, city and state of residence and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide in perpetuity, without limitation or further compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. By participating, entrant further agrees to release and hold Sponsor harmless from and against any and all claims, damages and liability of any kind arising from or in connection with, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of the prize, participation in the Program or in any prize-related activities, and assumes all liability in connection therewith.

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