VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ODDS OF WINNING WILL DEPEND ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ENTRIES DURING THE STEP CHALLENGE.
By entering the ASHP Midyear Meeting Step Challenge (the “Step Challenge”), you agree to these ASHP Midyear Meeting Step Challenge Official Rules (the “Official Rules”), which are a contract, so read them carefully before entering. Without limitation, this contract includes indemnities to the Step Challenge parties from you and a limitation of your rights and remedies. The Step Challenge shall be subject to these Official Rules, and by entering, all participants agree to be bound by the terms and conditions herein and the decisions of the Sponsor, including the interpretation of these Official Rules and its exercise and discretion, which will be final and binding in all respects.
ELIGIBILITY
ASHP Midyear Meeting Step Challenge is open only to all legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (excluding Puerto Rico) and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old (or the age of majority in their respective state or jurisdiction) or older at the time of entry and who are attendees of the 2024 ASHP Midyear 2024 Clinical Meeting & Exhibition in New Orleans, LA at the time of entry. All employees of the AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACISTS (“ASHP” or “Sponsor”) and its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, directors, officers, fulfillment and advertising and promotion agencies (“Entities”) and their immediate family members (spouse, mother, father, in-laws, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, children and grandchildren) and/or those persons who reside in the same household as any employee or immediate family member of ASHP or Entities are not eligible to enter or win. The Step Challenge is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes the participant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Step Challenge. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
SPONSOR
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc., 4500 East West Highway, Suite 900, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
ENTRY PERIOD
The Step Challenge begins on Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 12:01 am Central Time (“CT”) and ends on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 11:59 pm CT (the “Step Challenge Period”). The Heka Well app is the official timekeeping device for the Step Challenge.
- HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
- Via the Heka Well app. Participants will automatically be entered into the Step Challenge by downloading the Heka Well app and setting up a Challenge Account.
- Download the Heka Well app to mobile device
- Launch the Challenge app and select the ASHP 2024 Challenge for the list
- Complete the in-app registration and pair supported activity tracker
- Sync step data to the app at least one time per 24-hour period and before the Challenge end time to make sure all steps are counted.
- Via E-card Registration. By completing the electronic registration card here, a participant may register and earn one (1) entry in the sweepstakes drawing.
- Via the Heka Well app. Participants will automatically be entered into the Step Challenge by downloading the Heka Well app and setting up a Challenge Account.
Limitations to Registration. LIMIT ONE (1) REGISTRATION PER PERSON. Each participant may register one (1) time via the Heka Wellness app or the electronic registration card. Any attempt by any participant to register for the Step Challenge more than once by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, or any other methods will void that participant’s entries and that participant may be disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected entry cards, which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, or leaderboard listing, the Meeting attendee whose name and email address match ASHP’s meeting registration list will be deemed as the registrant. Potential winners may be required to show proof of identity. All registrations and entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
As a condition of participating in the Step Challenge, winner gives consent for Sponsor to obtain and deliver relevant information to third parties for the purpose of administering this Step Challenge and complying with applicable laws, regulations and rules. Any information participants provide to Sponsor may be used to communicate with participant in relation to this Step Challenge. By entering the Step Challenge, each participant consents to the use of participant’s name, city and state of residence, statements, voice, and likeness by ASHP and its designees for advertising and promotional purposes online and offline in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity without additional compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law, as applicable.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Participants earn their first entry by registering via the Heka Well app or E-Card Registration as explained above. For additional entries in the drawing, download the Midyear Step Challenge App and start collecting steps. Participants also earn steps through bonus activities and social connections. The more steps you have, the more prize drawing entries you receive. Limit 86 entries per person.
Prize drawing entries can be earned in the following ways:
- One prize entry for anyone who registers in the Challenge app or alternatively completes the e-card registration. No further participation in the Step Challenge is required for entry.
- One prize entry for every 20,000 steps accumulated during the Step Challenge, which runs from Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 12:01 am, through Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 11:59 pm CT.
- Earn 1,000 steps for every social connection made during the Step Challenge on the Heka Wellness app. Receive an additional entry for every ten (10) social connections. Limit 100 total connections (15 entries via social connections).
- Scan-in at these locations and earn 1,000 steps:
- Experience Center – Monday – Wednesday – Booth 719 (scan each day)
- Wednesday General Session – 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Hall J, Level 1
WINNER SELECTION
All participants who register between Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 12:01 am CT and Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 11:59 pm CT will be entered into the random drawing to win one (1) of ten (10) Amazon Gift Cards. On or about December 13, 2024, the complete list of entries will be randomly assembled and ten (10) entries be randomly selected to win the prizes. The participants whose entries are selected, will be contacted using the email address, phone number and/or mailing address provided with the participant’s registration and may be awarded the prize (subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these rules) via U.S. mail or electronic transmission. Sponsor’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Step Challenge and the selection of the potential winner(s) is final and binding in all matters related to the Step Challenge. Non-winning entries from the Step Challenge do not carry over into subsequent drawings. All participants who earn entries as described above will be entered into the random drawing to win one (1) of ten (10) Amazon Gift Cards.
VERIFICATION OF POTENTIAL WINNER
The potential winner must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. As a condition of being awarded any prize, the winner may (in Sponsor’s sole discretion) be required to execute and deliver to Sponsor a signed affidavit of eligibility and acceptance of these Official Rules and release of liability, and any other legal, regulatory, or tax-related documents required by Sponsor in order to claim a prize. By submitting tax-related documents you hereby consent to: (i) Sponsor holding and processing any information about you, that you may provide to Sponsor or that Sponsor may acquire as a result of submitting such tax-related documents; (ii) the transfer to Sponsor of all information or any part thereof in the tax-related documents to complete the prize request; and (iii) the transfer by Sponsor to the Internal Revenue Service of any information or any part of thereof, as necessary for reporting obligations, related to any winnings from Sponsor of at least $600 in a calendar-year period. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return any affidavit or document required by Sponsor within the required time period (if applicable), or if the prize notification is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner forfeits the prize. In the event that a potential winner of a prize is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor may award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.
PRIZE/ODDS – To be updated based on my email if allowable.
Ten (10) prizes are available. The prizes consist of: ten (10) Fifty Dollar ($50.00) Amazon Gift Cards. The total approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the prizes is $500.00. The winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Sponsor will report any individual winnings over $600.00 (in cash or fair market value of goods or services) in a calendar-year period to the Internal Revenue Service. Winners will receive a Form 1099 from Sponsor if Sponsor reports any winnings to the Internal Revenue Service. The prize may not be exchanged for cash or any other consideration. The prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute the prize with another prize of greater or equal value. Any difference between advertised and actual value will not be awarded. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received prior to the drawing. Entries are earned as outlined above in How to Participate.
LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY AND DISPUTES
Participants agree to indemnify, release and hold harmless ASHP, the Entities and its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, and their directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, fulfillment and advertising and promotion agencies, and all their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives from any liability, losses or damages of any kind, including without limitation, death and bodily injury, resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession of the prize resulting from participating in this Step Challenge or any Step Challenge -related activity and to release all rights to bring any claim, action or proceeding against Entities. Entities will have no liability whatsoever for failure to supply a prize or any part thereof, by reason of any acts of God, any severe weather, hurricane, flood, fire, war, transportation interruption of any kind, or any other cause beyond their control. U.S. laws govern this Step Challenge. Participant hereby acknowledges that ASHP and Entities have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to a prize, including express warranties provided exclusively by a prize provider that may be sent along with a prize.
BY ENTERING THE STEP CHALLENGE, PARTICIPANT AGREES THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (1) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE STEP CHALLENGE, OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED, WILL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; (2) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS WILL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL THIRD-PARTY, OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED (IF ANY) NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00), BUT IN NO EVENT WILL ATTORNEYS’ FEES BE AWARDED OR RECOVERABLE; (3) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY PARTICIPANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN ANY AWARD FOR, AND PARTICIPANT HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO SEEK, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS AND/OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, OTHER THAN ACTUAL OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00), AND/OR ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED; AND (4)PARTICIPANT’S REMEDIES ARE LIMITED TO A CLAIM FOR MONEY DAMAGES (IF ANY) AND PARTICIPANT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR EQUITABLE RELIEF. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the participant and Sponsor in connection with the Step Challenge, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland, United States of America, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Maryland, United States of America or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, United States of America.
MISCELLANEOUS
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision of the Official Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions will remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision. When terms such as "may" are used in these Official Rules, Sponsor has sole and absolute discretion. Participants agree to waive any rights to claim ambiguity of these Official Rules. Headings are solely for convenience of reference and will not be deemed to affect in any manner the meaning or intent of the documents or any provision hereof. In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any Step Challenge-related materials, privacy policy or other terms and conditions on the ASHP website and/or the terms and conditions of the Official Rules, the Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control and the discrepancy will be resolved in Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion.