Enter Meridian’s Main Street Matters contest

The Main Street Matters contest

Enter for your chance to win some extra cash

Small businesses are essential to communities, and we know that 2022 was a particularly tough year for many of them. To start 2023 on a more positive note, we’re offering small businesses in Ottawa a chance to win some extra cash. We plan to award more than $10,000* to small businesses that could use a boost.

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Fill out and submit this form by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, March 27, 2023. We will select winners by Friday, March 31, 2023 and contact them through their nearest Meridian Credit Union branch.

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*Prizing to be awarded as three (3) x $3,200 Grand Prizes plus three (3) x $500 Secondary Prizes.

Contest is open to qualifying small businesses in the greater Ottawa area only. Contest entry must be made by an owner of the business in order to qualify. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges. Review full terms and conditions.

Main Street Matters Contest Rules and Regulations

1. SPONSOR. The Contest sponsor is Meridian Credit Union Limited (“Meridian” or the “Sponsor”) with its head office located at 75 Corporate Park Drive, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3W3, Canada.

2. ADMINISTRATOR. The Contest administrator is Influence Retail Services Inc. d/b/a (Influence Marketing) (the “Administrator”).

3. KEY DATES

The “Main Street Matters” Contest (the “Contest”) begins on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 9:00 am. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 11:59 pm. ET (the “Contest Period”) All entries become the property of Meridian.

4. ELIGIBILITY TO ENTER:

The Contest is open only to individual and corporate small business owners (small business defined as less than $5MM in annual sales) within the Greater Ottawa Area and who, if an individual, have reached the legal age of majority in their province/territory of residence at the time of entry. Employees, officers, directors, representatives or agents (and those with whom such persons are living, whether related or not) of Meridian its parent companies, subsidiaries, associated and affiliated entities, prize suppliers, advertising/promotion agencies and any other individual(s), entity or entities involved in the development, production, implementation, administration or fulfillment of the Contest (collectively with the Sponsor, the “Contest Parties”) are not eligible to enter the Contest.

5. AGREEMENT TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY RULES:

By participating in this Contest, you are signifying your agreement that you have read and agree to be legally bound by these Official Rules and Regulations (the “Rules”).

6. HOW TO ENTER:

To be eligible to earn one (1) entry (each, an “Entry” and collectively, the “Entries”) in the draw for the Grand Prize go to www.meridiancu.ca/mainstreetmatters (the “Website”) and follow the on-screen instructions to enter the Contest (the “Entry Form”). By submitting your entry, you confirm your agreement that you have read and agree to be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Rules. Once you have fully completed the Entry Form with all required information , follow the on-screen instructions to submit your Entry Form to be eligible to earn one (1) Entry. There is a limit of one (1) Entry per small business.

PRIZES:

GRAND PRIZE

There will be three (3) non-transferable Grand Prizes, comprising of a $2,000 cash prize in addition to approximately $1,200 in cash, which will be spent at each of the Winners’ small business by agents of the Sponsor, for a total value of approximately $3,200 CAD each.

SECONDARY PRIZES

There are three (3) additional secondary prizes to be won, each consisting of a cheque in the amount of $500 CAD, which will be presented to the Contest fourth, fifth, and sixth-place winners by an employee of Meridian.

10. ELIGIBLE GRAND PRIZE WINNER SELECTION PROCESS:

On Monday, March 27, 2023 (the “Selection Date”) at approximately 10:00 am. ET, three (3) eligible entrants will be selected by a panel of the Sponsor’s judges from among all eligible Contest Entries submitted and received in accordance with these Rules as the potential Grand Prize winners. An additional three (3) eligible entrants will be selected by the same panel of the Sponsor’s judges from among all eligible Contest Entries submitted and received in accordance with these Rules as the potential Secondary Prize winners.

Prize winners will be selected based upon the following criteria; business location, business type/industry is considered a retailer , and size of business (annual sales <$5MM). THIS IS NOT A RANDOM DRAW. The judgments of the panel of judges are final, and not subject to any kind of appeal or review, whether judicial or otherwise.

9. IMAGE RELEASE:

By entering into this Contest, each entrant agrees to release, discharge, and forever hold harmless the Released Parties and their shareholders, officers and directors from any and all claims, actions, damages, demands, manner of actions, causes of action, suits, debts, duties, accounts, bonds, covenants, warranties, indemnities, claims over, contracts and liabilities of whatever nature or kind arising out of, or in connection with, the entrant’s participation or attempted participation in this Contest, compliance or non-compliance with these Official Rules and the delivery, non-delivery, acceptance, use, misuse or non-use of the prize or any travel related thereto and, if selected as a potential winner, to sign and deliver the Request for Information and Waiver form or Affidavit before receiving his/her prize. Each entrant grants the Sponsor and Administrator, and their respective designees a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, broadcast, publish and otherwise use the entrant’s name, statements regarding this Contest, image, photograph, video, voice and/or likeness for advertising, promotional and/or any other purpose in any and all media now or hereafter devised worldwide in perpetuity without additional compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.

SPONSOR IS IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS CONTEST. ALL INQUIRIES, COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE CONTEST MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE ADMINISTRATOR, INFLUENCE RETAIL SERVICES INC.