Guest Author - Sandy Lovern
College Tuition, Sweeps Coming to Fruition!
With the current economy, many households are having to put their plans and dreams on hold. With this great hobby, sweepstakes allows us to reach for the impossible and believe there is another way besides the 9-5 paycheck.
If you are having concerns about a college education for your children, grand children or others that you love, the Levi’s Tuition Sweepstakes is for you! This prize is transferable. Remember that someone has to win and that someone might as well be you.
Partial rules are posted below, so make sure you read all of the rules before you enter. Also take note of the hefty prize and be aware that you will be paying taxes on your win, though the sweepstakes does provide $20,000 to help defray your tax expenses. After you have weighed all of the positives and negatives, if you decide this is the sweepstakes for you, then go after it with a focused determination to enter every single day.
The entry period for the Levi Strauss & Co. “Levi’s Tuition Sweepstakes” begins on July 21, 2010 at 10:00:00 a.m. Eastern Time and ends on September 6, 2010 at 11:59:59 p.m.
Entry Pools: One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded for each of the two Entry Pools. One Grand Prize will be awarded to the Social Media Entry Pool and one Grand Prize will be awarded to the Online / Text Message / Mail-In Entry Pool.
To Enter the Social Media Pool: During the Sweepstakes Period, you can enter the Sweepstakes through the LevisTuition application on the Facebook Platform. You can also find the application on the Sweepstakes tab on the J.C. Penney page on Facebook. Click on the Sweepstakes tab at the top of the page and select the “Tuition Sweepstakes.”
To Enter the Online / Text Message / Mail-In Entry Pool: During the Sweepstakes Period, there are three ways to enter the Online / Text Message / Mail-In Entry Pool. 1) Online: Visit www.levistuition.com and click on the “Levi’s Tuition Sweepstakes” icon. At the Sweepstakes registration web page, participants will be required to provide their name, age and complete mailing address in order to enter the Sweepstakes online. 2)Text Message: You may enter by text messaging from your cellular phone by texting the key word TUITION to 45481 and following the instructions. 3) Mail-In: Legibly hand-print your name, age and complete mailing address on a 3” x 5” piece of paper, insert the paper into a stamped #10 envelope and mail it to “Levi’s Tuition Sweepstakes Entry” PO Box 11508, Bozeman, MT 59719-1508, postmarked by September 6, 2010 and received by September 13, 2010.
Limit one entry per Entry Pool per day – regardless of means of entry – during the Sweepstakes Period per person, immediate family, household address, cellular phone number or email address or account. All entries must be received (or postmarked, in the case of mail-in entries) by 11:59:59 p.m. ET on September 6, 2010 to be eligible.
Prizes: (2) Grand Prizes – One (1) Per Entry Pool: Each Grand Prize consists of: A) a $50,000.00 deposit into a 529 Qualified State Tuition Program tuition savings plan account owned by the Grand Prize winner (or his/her designee), and B) a check in the amount of $20,000.00 which winner may elect to use to defray all or part of the tax obligation associated with the Grand Prize. Please note that the entire Grand Prize Package amount ($70,000.00) will be reported on Form 1099-MISC (or its equivalent), to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and to appropriate state and local taxation authorities. Approximate retail value of each Grand Prize is $70,000.00.
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