2025 Gear Up for Camping Giveaway Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MANY WILL ENTER. ONLY ONE (1) WILL WIN.
1. Eligibility: The 2025 Scout Life Gear Up for Camping Giveaway (the “Promotion”) is open to all registered/active Scouts who are located in the U.S. at the time of entry. Employees, contractors, directors and officers of Boy Scouts of America d/b/a Scout Life magazine (“Sponsor”), and their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, distributors, licensees and the advertising, fulfillment, judging and promotion agencies involved in the development and administration of this Promotion (collectively, “Promotion Parties”), and their immediate family members (parent, child, sibling and spouse of each) and those living in the same households of each are not eligible. Any person who has won a prize from Sponsor within six months of entry is not eligible to enter. Void elsewhere and where prohibited by law.
2. Promotion Period: The Promotion begins at 12:01 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) on May. 20, 2025 and ends at 11:59 p.m. CT on June. 30, 2025 (the “Promotion Period”).
3. How to Enter: During the Promotion Period, go to https://scoutlife.org/giveaways/gearup/ (“Website”) and click on the link to locate the official entry form. Follow the on-screen directions, complete all required registration fields and submit to enter. Entrants must complete all required information. Entrants may enter once per day per email address. No purchase is required, and a purchase does not increase chances of winning.
4. Prize Drawing & Odds: Before July 15, 2025, a random drawing will be conducted from among all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
5. Prizes, Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”), Notification & Acceptance: One (1) of each of the following prizes will be awarded: Felis 1-Person Tent (ARV $139.99), Flicker Sleeping Pad (ARV $79.99), Genesis +30º N Sleeping Bag (ARV $99.99). LifeStraw Peak Series Collapsible Squeeze 650 ML Bottle with Filter (ARV $37.95). Total ARV of all prizes is $357.92. No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of prizes is permitted except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. All federal, state and local taxes, and all other costs associated with acceptance or use of the prizes, are the sole responsibility of each winner. Arrangements for delivery of prizes will be performed after winner validation. Winners will be notified by email. Each winner may be required to provide to Sponsor a completed IRS Form W-9, and Sponsor may issue winners an IRS Form 1099. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.
6. Privacy information: Online contact information will be collected from entrants for the sole purpose of a direct one-time response to contact sweepstakes winners and will be destroyed at the conclusion of the sweepstakes.
7. General Rules: All federal, state and local laws apply. Potential winners’ parent/legal guardian, if winner is a minor, will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release of Liability and a Publicity Release within ten (10) days of attempted delivery or prize will be forfeited. The return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable or failure to return any documents in a timely manner may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be chosen. By participating, participants (and parents/guardians on behalf of participant minors) agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Promotion Parties from and against any and all liability or damages associated with this Promotion or acceptance, use or misuse of any prize received in this Promotion. Promotion Parties are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer or administration of the Promotion. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its agencies to use winners’ names and likenesses for purposes of advertising and publicity without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. By participating in this Promotion, participants (and parents/guardians on behalf of participant minors) agree to be bound by the Official Rules and decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final in all matters relating to the Promotion. Promotion Parties are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, stolen, illegible, inaccurate, damaged, incomplete, non-delivered or postage-due mail; or for printing, distribution or production errors or for technical, hardware, software, or telephone malfunctions of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed electronic communications caused by the user or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Promotion, or by any human, or other error, which may occur in this Promotion. If, in the Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of tampering with any portion of the promotion, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the promotion, the Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify suspect entries and/or modify or terminate the promotion in a manner deemed reasonable by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an entry, entries will be declared made by the person’s name submitted at time of entry. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the Promotion or Website or acts in a disruptive manner. This Promotion is offered only in the United States and is governed by the laws of the State of Texas. By entering, entrants irrevocably consent to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Texas located in the county of Dallas for any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Promotion.
8. Waiver: By participating in this Promotion, participants (and parents/guardians on behalf of participant minors) waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages, attorneys’ fees or any damages other than actual out-of-pocket costs incurred to participate.
9. Winners List: To obtain a list of the winners, mail a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Scout Life Magazine, 1325 W. Walnut Hill Lane, Irving, TX 75038. Request must arrive within thirty (30) calendar days from end of the Promotion Period.
10. Sponsor: Boy Scouts of America d/b/a Scout Life Magazine, 1325 W. Walnut Hill Lane, Irving, TX 75038.