*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THE CAMPAIGN SPONSOR (“SPONSOR”): FRESHPET, INC., FKA PROFESSOR CONNOR’S, INC. THE CAMPAIGN HOST (“HOST”): MOMMY SHORTS DBA CREATIVE SKIRT. HOST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING AND EXECUTING THE CONTEST.

THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THE CONTEST AT ANY TIME. ALL SPONSOR DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THIS CONTEST.

1. ELIGIBILITY: Team Cuddle Contest (“Contest”) is open only to legal residents of the forty nine (49) United States and the District of Columbia (void in Rhode Island, Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and all overseas military installations) and legal residents of Canada who are at least eighteen (18) years of age or older as of February 10, 2014. All employees of Freshpet (“Sponsor”) and Creative Skirt (“Host”) and their affiliates, sales representatives, licensees or agents (all of the foregoing, collectively, “Contest Entities”), and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses) and those living in the same household of each (whether legally related or not), are ineligible to enter or win the Contest. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited by law. Entry in the Contest constitutes your full and unconditional acceptance of these “Official Rules”.

2. CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest period begins at 12:01 a.m. EST on February 10, 2014 and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on March 10 2014. (the “Contest Period”). Winners will be selected from entries properly submitted during the Contest Period, prior to March 3 at 11:59 p.m EST.

3. CONTEST ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS:

The Contest involves a contest accepting user-generated photograph submissions across four categories. Once the Contest Period has ended, no more entries are permitted. Participants can enter the Contest in one of three (3) ways throughout the campaign:

1. Post a picture to the Mommy Shorts Facebook page, along with their child/children’s first name(s), and/or that of their pet, if applicable. To post a picture to the Mommy Shorts Facebook page, visit https://www.facebook.com/mommyshorts and upload a picture in the comments section of a specific Facebook post about the Campaign or the Contest, or by posting a picture to the page’s Facebook Wall.
2. Post a picture to your Instagram account using the hashtag #FreshpetTeamCuddle. Each post via Instagram should also tag the Sponsor (@Freshpet), Host (@MommyShorts) and Contest partner (@MommasGoneCity). The Hosts reserve the right to refuse entry into the Contest if participants do not include both hashtags and tag all three involved parties when entering via Instagram.
3. Or, participants can send their entries via email to TeamCuddle@Freshpet.com. Such email entries must include the child/children’s first name(s), and/or that of their pet(s), if applicable, and the specific category with which they would like to enter.

Pet-endemic Contest categories (“Kiddos and Kitties” or “Tots and Pups”) require that either a cat or dog, respectively, be present in the photograph in order to be considered a valid entry.

If an entry is unclear as to which category for which it was intended, Host reserves the right to place that entry into the category they believe is most appropriate, in their sole discretion.

Host is responsible for managing participant entries, the selection and organization of those entries, and the appropriateness of content entered into the Contest.

In order to enter the Contest, you must agree to these Official Rules. Sponsor and Host are not responsible for any lost, late, undeliverable or undelivered entries. Participants are limited to one entry per category. If a participant is found to have submitted more than one entry to any category, Host reserves the right to select their favorite photograph of those submitted to the category.

4. SELECTION OF WINNERS: One (1) grand-prize (“Grand Prize”) winner, as well as four (4) secondary prize (“Secondary Prize”) winners, will be selected to receive prizes. Sponsor and Host will implement a voting strategy where social media followers may help influence Contest winners. Together, the Sponsor and Host form the judging committee, which reserves the right to evaluate all entries and determine in its sole discretion not only the winners, but also if any participants did not abide by the Official Rules. Those found to be in violation of the Official Rules, as deemed by the judging committee, are subject to disqualification from the Contest. Prize descriptions are substantially as follows:

1. One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a cash gift card in the amount of $1,000 USD.
2. Four (4) Secondary Prize winners will receive a cash gift card in the amount of $250 USD.
3. c.    Two (2) Secondary Prize winners will receive Freshpet prize packs including Freshpet food and other Freshpet-branded prizes, valued at $50.

5. PRIZES: Both Sponsor and Hosts will announce Grand Prize and Secondary Prize winners in blog posts on March 10, 2014. Participants can view the announced winners when the announcement has been made on digital and social media channels owned by the Sponsor and Host. After winners have been announced publicly, Sponsor or Host will contact winners in an appropriate manner, based on how they entered (i.e. Facebook, Instagram or email). Winners have seven calendar days in which to reply to Sponsor or Host to collect winnings. If the Grand Prize and/or Secondary Prize winners do not reply within seven calendar days to collect winnings, the judging committee reserves the right to grant the Grand Prize or Secondary Prize to a different participant. All prizes will be awarded, provided that they are validly claimed by May 30, 2014; after which no alternate winner will be selected, nor unclaimed prizes awarded.

Grand Prize winner and Secondary Prize winners are responsible for any and all applicable federal, state or local taxes on prizes. Prizes are non-refundable and nontransferable. Sponsor is responsible for the distribution of prizes to the winners. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize with another prize of equal or greater value. Grand prize payment is subject to completion of valid W9, which will be collected by Sponsor.

6. RELEASE: All entries submitted become property of the Sponsor. Sponsor has agreed to grant permission to Hosts to use any/all content that has been entered in the Contest. By submitting an entry, entrants agree to release Sponsor and Hosts, from and against any and all costs, claims, and damages to persons or property due to participation in the Contest. All entries become property of Sponsor and Hosts, and may be used both during and after the Contest Period as content on website and social media platforms  belonging to the Sponsor and Hosts in an editorial capacity with a credit that clearly references that these particular images were received through the “Team Cuddle Contest”. However, the Sponsor and Host are prohibited from using this content for paid advertising purposes after the Contest Period.

7. PUBLICITY: As a condition of entry into the Contest, except where prohibited by law, each entrant and each potential Grand Prize Winner and Secondary Prize winner by accepting the Grand Prize and Secondary Prize grants to the Contest Entities, a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license and right, to publicize, broadcast, display and/or otherwise use the Contest entrant’s name, city, state and biographical material (collectively, “Licensed Rights”) in any media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity for advertising and publicity purposes, without additional review, compensation, permission or approval of any Grand Prize Winner and Secondary Prize Winner.

8. GENERAL RULES: By entering or participating in the Contest, participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Contest Entities are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information or technical failures of any kind, (2) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; or (3) any other computer, network, technical, human or other error, problem or malfunction that may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing of entries, or the selection or notification of winners. Further, if, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned for reasons outside the control of the Sponsor which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, may corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest (or portion thereof), Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest (or portion thereof). Sponsor also reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify the entry of any individual found to be (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or any website operated by the Contest Entities; (b) using any robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like entry methods, which will void all such entries; (c) violating these Official Rules or the terms of service, conditions of use, and/or general rules of any Sponsor property or service; or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Contest Entities are not responsible for claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of the prize; participation in this Contest or in any activity or travel related thereto or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer Contest information.

8. PARTICIPANT OBLIGATIONS: By entering, each entrant agrees to defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless Contest Entities from and against any and all losses, demands, damages, rights, claims, actions and liabilities of any kind arising out of or related to (i) entrant’s participation in the Contest or (ii) entrant’s participation in any prize-related activities (including, without limitation, any property loss, damage, personal injury or death caused to any person(s). The Grand Prize Winner and Secondary Prize Winners will assume all liability for any injury, death, or damage caused, or allegedly caused, by participating in this Contest or use or redemption of the prize. Any disputes that may arise hereunder shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of laws principles of any jurisdiction. Venue with respect to any such disputes shall be had in the state and federal courts of the State of New York. All taxes are the responsibility of the Grand Prize Winner and Secondary Prize Winners, who may receive an IRS Form 1099 reflecting the final actual value of the prize, if applicable. 

1. WINNER(S) LIST: To receive a list of the winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Freshpet, Attn: Freshpet® United for Fresh, PO Box 2157, Secaucus, NJ 07096-2157.