Win Prizes in the Make Your Mark Coloring Contest

In a few weeks, community members will paint a 500-foot mural on the Monarch-Chesterfield Levee wall. But you’ve got a chance to get in on the fun early!

Chesterfield Patch is hosting a coloring contest featuring scenes from the Make Your Mark Project mural. Artist Stuart Morse and more than 50 area students , which captures the Chesterfield area’s history and present in a creative and colorful way.

It’s easy to enter your kid(s) the coloring contest (and if you want to enter, too, you’re more than welcome). Choose from one of three coloring pages to print. You can print them by clicking on the PDFs attached to this article, selecting the one you want, and clicking "print" at the top of the pane. They're also available on the Chesterfield Patch scribd.com page: the airplane, hot air balloons, or a girl with flowers. Click the button on the right side that says “print.”

Your child can color the page however he or she wants. We’re picking winners at random, so staying in the lines is optional! Make sure your child’s name, age, and hometown, and a parent’s name and email address, is written somewhere on the front (we're not picky about where)!

Once their masterpiece is done, you can enter in one of two ways. If you have a scanner, scan the page and email it to me (the Chesterfield Patch editor) at rachel.heaton@patch.com. You can also drop it off at , 444 Chesterfield Center. They’re open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

The contest starts now and lasts through June 2 at 5 p.m. Winners will be chosen by a random drawing. We’ll contact the winners via email on June 3. We’ll publish the winners’ masterpieces—along with their first name, age, and hometown—on Chesterfield Patch after all winners have been notified.

Just what might you win, you ask? Well, one grand prize winner will receive a children’s pottery wheel kit, complete with clay, paint and sculpting tools. Three first place winners will receive a $15 gift card to for their next art project.

So get your entries in! Here’s the easy step-by-step instructions, one more time:

1. Chose from one of three coloring pages: the airplane, hot air balloons, or a girl with flowers. Click the “print” button on the right side of the webpage. (Or click through the PDFs attached to this article, and click "print" at the top of the pane. Either works!)
2. Let your child create a masterpiece—they can color the mural scene any way they want.
3. Make sure your kid’s name, age and hometown, and a parent’s name and email address, is written on the front.
4. Scan your entry and email it to rachel.heaton@patch.com. Or drop it off at Chesterfield Arts. Be sure to make the 5 p.m. June 2 deadline!
5. We’ll choose 4 winners at random and notify them on June 3. Then we’ll publish their masterpieces on Chesterfield Patch the following week.

If you have any questions, contact me at rachel.heaton@patch.com.

We’ll see you at the community-painting day for the from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 4!

And now, for the legal details you knew were coming. We are giving away prizes, after all! Read on, legal eagles:

OFFICIAL RULES

ELIGIBILITY:  The Chesterfield Patch Make Your Mark Coloring Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open to legal residents of Chesterfield, MO and the surrounding areas.  If entrant is 12 years of age or younger, the entrant’s parent or legal guardian must enter the Sweepstakes on behalf of their child.  Employees and their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and their respective spouses), including those living in the employees’ households of AOL Inc. (the “Sponsor”), its respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win a Prize.  Void where prohibited. By entering, entrants agree to comply with these Official Rules. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws & regulations. United States law governs this Sweepstakes. 

ENTRY PERIOD: The Sweepstakes begins at 6:00 am CT on May 20, 2011 and ends at 5:00 pm CT on June 2, 2011 (the "Entry Period").  Entries received prior to or after Entry Period are void.  

HOW TO ENTER:  To enter the Sweepstakes, download the designated coloring page from scribd.com or from the Chesterfield Patch website and scan and email back to rachel.heaton@patch.com. Entries may also be left at Chesterfield Arts, 444 Chesterfield Center, Chesterfield, MO, 63017. Limit one (1) entry per person.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: Entry becomes the property of the Sponsor (as defined below) and will not be acknowledged or returned.  A potential winner is subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules.  Entry must be the original work of the entrant and must be owned by the entrant.  The Entry must not have been submitted in any other competition or previously published. Modifying, enhancing or altering a third party’s pre-existing work does not qualify as entrant’s original creation.  Entry must be in keeping with Sponsor’s image and may not be offensive, as determined by judges in their sole discretion, nor can it defame or invade publicity rights or privacy rights of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or proprietary rights.  Any entrant whose work includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the entrant must be able to provide legal releases for such use including Sponsor’s use of such entry, in a form satisfactory to judges.

SELECTION OF WINNERS:  One (1) Grand Prize Winner and three (3) First Prize Winners will be selected via random drawing at the conclusion of the Entry Period.  The odds of being selected as the potential winner depend on the number of eligible entries received.

NOTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL WINNERS:  An Entrant who is notified that their entry was selected in the random drawing is a Potential Winner.  A Potential Winner must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. 

REQUIREMENTS OF THE POTENTIAL WINNER: Except where prohibited, a potential winner may be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (the "Affidavit/Release") within a timeframe to be specified by Sponsor. If a potential winner fails to sign and return the Affidavit/Release within the required time period, an alternate entrant may be selected in his/her place in a random drawing of all entries received.         

PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a children’s pottery wheel, including clay, paint and sculpting tools, valued at $35.00.  Three (3) First Prize Winners will each receive a $15 gift card to Michael’s craft store (gift card subject to issuer’s terms and conditions).  Subject to Sponsor’s sole discretion, winning submissions may be featured on a Patch.com site.  No cash or other substitution may be made, except by the Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of equal or greater value if the prize is not available for any reason as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. The winners are responsible for any taxes and fees associated with receipt or use of a prize. 

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND RESTRICTIONS:  Any attempt by an entrant or any other individual to deliberately damage any online service or web site, tamper with the voting process, or undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and/or other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.  Failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.  If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of being executed as planned, or infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, action of entrants, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right at their sole discretion to disqualify any entry or entrant and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes and/or award the prizes from among all eligible entries received as of the date of the termination, as Sponsor determines in their sole discretion.  Entries not complying with all rules are subject to disqualification.  No correspondence regarding entries will be entered into with entrants.  By entering, each entrant licenses all rights to the content of his/her entry and the expression of ideas/concepts embodied therein.  The entrant unconditionally assigns and transfers to Sponsor all rights, title, interest and claim, which it now has or may in the future have to the entries or any element(s) therein including, without limitation, the copyright therein. Sponsor shall have the right to modify, use, assign or dispose of such entries however they see fit without approval of entrants or any third party.  Entrants grant Sponsor the right to use their names, images, likenesses, photographs, voices and biographical materials, and submissions, for advertising, publicity and promotion purposes including posting the Entries online for judging purposes or any other purpose or on a winner’s list and other online announcements, and for sharing the Entries with the local press for viewing, whether TV or print, without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.  Neither entrants nor winners shall receive any compensation or credit for use of entries, other than that disclosed in rules.  U.S. law governs the Sweepstakes.  Online entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of entry. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of any potential winner, the potential winner will be deemed to be the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of Sweepstakes entry. The authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. A potential winner may be requested to provide the Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the winning entry.  In the case of a minor, the potential winner’s parent or legal guardian may be the authorized account holder.  If a dispute cannot be resolved, the entry will be deemed ineligible. 

DISPUTES:  Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Virginia.

RELEASE:  Neither Sponsor nor its respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective officers, directors, shareholders and employees (collectively “Releasees”), nor any telephone network or service providers is responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, or for any human error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any online service or web site, or any other error or malfunction, or any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in this Sweepstakes, or for any injury to person or property arising from the entrant’s participation in this Sweepstakes or for the use or misuse of any prize won.  Releasees are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, illegible or misdirected entries or mail.  Winners agree that the Releasees shall not be liable for any injury, loss, death or damage of any kind resulting from participation in this promotion or for acceptance and use of the prize awarded.

WINNERS LIST:  To request the name(s) of the winner(s) of prizes valued over $25, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Chesterfield Patch Winners, 584 Broadway, Suite 808, Rm 8A:27, New York, NY 10012.  Requests must be received by June 15, 2011.

SPONSOR: Patch Media Corporation, 584 Broadway, Suite 808 New York, NY 10012.