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Name Your Cause Terms & Conditions

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO participate in OR EARN A REWARD IN THIS promotion. participation for rewards is OPEN ONLY TO IRS registered charity 501(C)(3) organizations operating in the united states. void where prohibited by law.

SPONSOR/ADMINISTRATOR: Cause Media Group, 3211 Broad Street, Suite 113, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

PROMOTION PERIOD: Name Your Cause (the "Promotion") starts December 3, 2009 at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time (PT) and ends December 10, 2009 at 11:59 AM PT (the "Promotion Period").

PROMOTION WEBSITE: The Promotion will be conducted at www.nameyourcause.com.

ELIGIBILITY: This Promotion is open only to nominated United States Internal Revenue Service registered 501(c)(3) organizations headquartered in one of the fifty (50) United States or Washington D.C. Officers, directors and employees of Sponsor, its subsidiary and affiliated companies, distributors, advertising, promotional and judging agencies, persons engaged in the development, production or distribution of materials for this Promotion and the immediate family members (parent, child, sibling, and spouse of each) of and/or persons living in the same household as such individuals (whether related or not) are not eligible to participate in this Promotion. There is no fee or charge to nominate or vote for an organization. This Promotion is void where prohibited by law.

HOW TO NOMINATE A CHARITY: During the Promotion Period anyone can nominate a 501(c)(3) charity registered with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Persons nominating an organization will be required to provide an organization contact name and e-mail address for said contact on the nomination form. If a nominated organization is subsequently determined for any reason in the Sponsor's sole discretion, not to be appropriate, the organization will be removed from the Promotion. Any attempt by any person or organization to offer consideration, services, or anything of value in an attempt to further a charities position in the Promotion will void the nominated organization from participation.

VOTING: During the Promotion Period anyone may vote for any of the charitys once every 4 hours. There is no registration required to vote. Any individual who attempts to vote, or in the sole discretion of Sponsor is suspected of voting in excess of the disclosed maximum, by any means, will have their votes disqualified. Each organization nominated and vote submitted must be manually key stroked by the individual nominating or voting for an eligible organization; automated and/or repetitive electronic submission of nominations and/or votes will be disqualified and transmissions from these or related IP addresses may be blocked.

EARNING A REWARD. Within 48 hours of the conclusion of the Promotion Period the vote will be tabulated. The three organizations with most votes will be determined as potential reward recipients in declining order: first, second and third place. In the event of a tie in which two or more charities in the top 3 have the same number of votes the tied entries will be subject to a random drawing conducted by an independent judging organization to select the potential reward recipient for the reward tier. The drawing(s) if required will be conducted by the Administrator whose decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to this Promotion. Potential reward recipients are subject to eligibility verification and compliance with these Terms & Conditions.

NOTIFICATION OF REWARD RECIPIENTS: Administrator will notify potential reward recipient organization contact (provided on nomination form) by e-mail and/or phone within three (3) business days of tabulating the votes. Failure by an organization contact to respond to notification in a timely manner will result in disqualification and an alternate reward recipient will be notified. Acceptance of any reward constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use reward recipient organization information for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation unless prohibited by law. The names of the charities who have earned a reward will be posted on www.nameyourcause.com on or about December 14, 2009.

REWARDS: One (1) First Reward: A $2,500 eBay Gift Card. One (1) Second Reward: A $1,500 eBay Gift Card. One (1) Third Reward: A $1,000 eBay Gift Card. Terms of gift card use will be provided at time of award. Rewards are non-transferable and no substitutions or cash redemptions allowed. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a reward of equal or greater value if advertised reward becomes unavailable. Reward may not be sold, bartered, auctioned or exchanged by any reward recipient. By accepting a reward, recipient acknowledges compliance with these Terms & Conditions. All federal, state or other tax liabilities arising from this Promotion are the sole responsibility of each respective reward recipient. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen gift card. Limit of one (1) reward per nominated organization.

CONDUCT: This Promotion is subject to all federal, state and local laws/regulations. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. Participants in this Promotion agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions. Failure to comply with these Terms & Conditions may result in disqualification. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual suspected of tampering with the nomination and/or voting process or the operation of the promotion; or to be acting in any manner deemed by Sponsor to be in violation of the Terms & Conditions; or to be acting in any manner deemed by Sponsor to be unsportsmanlike or disruptive, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person or organization. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A USER OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND COSTS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMIATION, ATTORNEYS' FEES) FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Sponsor assumes no responsibility or liability for (a) any incorrect or inaccurate nominations/votes, or for any faulty, failed, garbled or jumbled electronic data transmissions; (b) any unauthorized access to, or theft, destruction or alteration of nominations/votes at any point in the operation of this Promotion; (c) any technical malfunction, failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or communications line failure, regardless of cause, with regard to any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers or providers utilized in any aspect of the operation of the Promotion; (d) inaccessibility or unavailability of the Internet or any combination thereof, or; (e) any injury or damage to participant's or to any other person's electronic device which may be related to or resulting from any attempt to participate in the Promotion. If, for any reason, the Promotion is not capable of running as planned for reasons which may include without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which may corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion, then Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion in whole or in part.

All participants in this Promotion, including reward recipients, as a condition of participation in this Promotion, agree to release Sponsor, its subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, distributors, suppliers, application developers, and advertising, promotional or judging agencies, from and against any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages, or losses to persons or property which may be sustained in connection with participating in any aspect of the Promotion; the receipt, ownership or use of any reward, or any typographical or other error in these Terms & Conditions or the announcement of offering of any reward. Each reward recipient shall bear all risk of loss or damage to their reward after it has been delivered. Except for residents of Tennessee and where prohibited by law, winners grant to Sponsor the right to print, publish, broadcast and use worldwide in any media now known or hereinafter known and without limitation reward recipients organization name, address, statement, without additional compensation, for public relations, advertising and promotional purposes as may be determined by Sponsor.

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Current Top 10

Here are the current standings - if you don't see your cause below, you can search for it using the search box above or the tag cloud on the bottom of each page. Remember, the top three charities get eBay gift certificates!

  1. FRIENDS OF COLOMBIAN ORPHANS (3852)
  2. THE JONAH PROJECT (2930)
  3. TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS (2917)
  4. PARTNERS FACILITATING AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT (2816)
  5. WOODCRAFT RANGERS (2002)
  6. PROJECT KINDLE, INC (893)
  7. RICKY MARTIN FOUNDATION/ PEOPLE FOR CHILDREN (728)
  8. HIVICTORIOUS, INC. (672)
  9. THE JUICE-C-SCOOP FOUNDATION (631)
  10. HEALTHRIGHT INTERNATIONAL (627)