Back to School Sweepstakes

Use your TransFund issued debit card to complete an online or in person transaction between August 1, 2024, and September 30, 2024, for a chance to win your pick of nine (9) weekly prizes or the $10,000 cash grand prize. One winner will be selected each week from August 1, 2024, through September 30, 2024, and the more times your card is swiped, the more times you will be entered to win. There is a minimum transaction amount of $10.00 and there is no limit to the number of times you can enter.

Alternative methods of entry are described below, no purchase or obligation is necessary to enter to win. Ten prizes valued between $500 and $10,000 will be awarded. The total value of the prize will be determined by the prize selected by the winner.

1. Who May Enter: (a) At the time of your entry, you must be at least 18 years of age and be a legal resident of the United States.

(b) Full and part-time employees of TransFund (“Sponsors”), their parent companies, affiliates, distributors, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of promotional materials and services (collectively “Sponsor Affiliates”), and financial institution clients of TransFund (“TransFund Customers”), and each of Sponsor Affiliates’ and TransFund Customers’ immediate family members (spouses, children, parents, in-laws and siblings) and persons residing in their homes are not be eligible to enter or win.

2. How to Enter and Play: (a) NO ACTUAL PURCHASE OR TRANSACTION IS REQUIRED to enter the Sweepstakes. The winner need not to be present to win but must prove eligibility. The odds of winning are dependent on the number of entries. Current TransFund cardholders (“Current Cardholders”) may play the games hereinafter described below. Persons that do not have a TransFund card (“Non-Current Cardholders”) may also play the games pursuant to the procedures described below.

(i) Automatic Entry: To enter the Sweepstakes, a Current Cardholder of a participating financial institution may use his or her TransFund card to complete a debit or credit card transaction at any online or in-person merchant. Incomplete transactions and those of less than $10.00 are not eligible. There is no limit to the number of times a Current Cardholder may enter using this method. Alternatively, if a Current Cardholder does not wish to conduct a transaction to enter the Sweepstakes, they may enter the Sweepstakes by using the alternative entry method below.

(ii) Alternative Method of Entry: To enter the Sweepstakes to win a Prize, anyone may enter by regular mail by printing the words “TransFund 2024 Back to School Sweepstakes Entry.” Along with his or her name, street address, city, state, zip, and phone number on a 3” by 5” white index card. Mail First Class in a #10 envelope via the U.S. Postal Service to TransFund 2024 Back to School Sweepstakes, c/o TransFund, P.O. Box 2300, Tulsa, OK 74192. Each individual entry must be handwritten and mailed in a separate envelope and must be postmarked on or after August 1, 2024, and received by TransFund between August 1, 2024, and September 25, 2024. A limit of one mail-in entry per day, per postmark date, will be electronically transcribed and entered into the Sweepstakes. Entries generated by a script, macro, bot, or any other automated means will be deemed void. Entries that are mechanically reproduced, copied, illegal, incomplete, or inaccurate are void.

3. Prizes: Ten (10) prizes will be awarded during the Sweepstakes. The first drawing will take place on or about August 12th with a weekly drawing to follow. The winner will get to select from the prizes below for the weekly drawing. The final drawing will take place on or about October 14th and it will be for a grand prize of $10,000 cash. Weekly winners can choose a prize from the list below or can choose to accept $1,000 cash in leu of a prize listed.

• Ebike from LectricBikes (valued up to $1,299)
• Blackstone Griddle from Blackstone (valued up to $999)
• Big Green Egg from Big Green Egg (valued up to $1,500)
• Dyson Bladeless Fan from Dyson (valued up to $999)
• JBL Soundbar 800 from JBL (valued up to $999)
• Yeti Cooler Pack from Yeti (valued up to $1,000)
• MacBook Air from Apple (valued up to $1,099)
• Samsung QLED 4k TV from Samsung (valued up to $999)

Winners will be drawn at random from eligible entries received during the prior week (seven-day period beginning on Monday and ending on Sunday). For example, the drawing held on August 12, 2024, will be from all eligible entries received on and between August 1, 2024, and August 7, 2024. The odds of winning are dependent on the number of eligible entries received during the applicable week. The winner need not to be present to win but must prove eligibility.

4. Notification of Winners: After each drawing, the winner will be notified by mail at the address shown in the record associated with their TransFund Card, in the case of Current Cardholders, or at the address shown in their mail-in entry, in the case of Current and Non-Current Cardholders. This notification will contain the TransFund 2024 Back to School Sweepstakes Agreement and W-9 for signature by the winner. Upon, and only upon, the winner’s execution and return of the TransFund 2024 Back to School Sweepstakes Agreement and W-9 to TransFund, TransFund will, at TransFund’s sole option, either mail the Prize or make arrangements for personal delivery or pick up of the Prize. Winners will have fourteen (14) days from notification to accept the Prize. The sponsors are not responsible for, or liable for, any inaccuracy in any information supplied by any entrant. Allow 8 weeks for delivery of Prize following completion of winner verification.

5. List of Winners: To receive a final list of Prize winners, send your written request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: “TransFund 2024 Back to School Sweepstakes Agreement,” c/o TransFund, P.O. Box 2300, Tulsa, OK 74192. Your written request must be received before noon, Central Standard Time, on September 14, 2024.

6. General Conditions: (a) THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. All local, state, and federal laws apply.

(b) By submitting an entry, the winner accepts and agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsors, whose decision shall be final.

(c) All entries become the property of the Sponsors. Sponsors are not responsible for illegible, damaged, lost, late or misdirected mail entries.

(d) All entries are subject to verification and are automatically void and will be rejected if forged, altered, defaced, tampered with, were generated by script, macro, bot, or any other automated means, photocopied or otherwise mechanically reproduced, irregular in any way, irregularly obtained, or if they contain errors or omissions.

(e) Each prize winner must sign a TransFund 2024 Back to School Sweepstakes Agreement and W-9 before delivering the Prize. The TransFund 2024 Back to School Sweepstakes Agreement is a release from liability and consent to use the winner’s name, picture, likeness, and/or voice for promotional and publicity purposes. Failure to do so will void such winner’s entry and such Prize award will be void.

(f) Tax liability, if any, is the sole responsibility of the winner. Sponsors will file the appropriate forms with the appropriate tax authorities during the month of January 2025, for calendar year 2024, and the winner must certify that he or she is not subject to back-up withholding, or Sponsors will follow the rules requiring back-up withholding.

(g) Sponsors, Sponsor affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, contractors, agents, and representatives (together the “Sponsor Group”) shall not be liable for any inquiry or damage related to or resulting from entering the Sweepstakes. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants irrevocably release and hold the Sponsor Group harmless from any and all damages and claims of any kind in connection with the Sweepstakes or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of any Prize.

(h) By entering the Sweepstakes, winner irrevocably releases Sponsor Group from any liability whatsoever, and waives any and all causes of action, related to any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstakes or acceptance, use of or inability to use, or participation in or inability to participate in Sweepstakes or use of or inability to use any prize (including, without limitation, claims, suits, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or portrayal in a false light, whether intentional or unintentional), whether under a theory of contract, tort (including negligence), warranty or other theory.

(i) Prizes may not be substituted, transferred, or exchanged.

(j) It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify the Sponsors in writing if the entrant changes his/her phone number or mailing address. To notify Sponsors of a change or address or telephone number, write “TransFund 2024 Back to School Sweepstakes Agreement,” c/o TransFund, P.O. Box 2300, Tulsa, OK 74192.

(k) Sponsors are not liable for unsuccessful efforts to notify a winner.

(l) By registering to enter the Sweepstakes, entrants affirm that they have read and accepted these Official Rules. The laws of the State of Oklahoma apply to and govern this Sweepstakes, and any claims must be raised and resolved in the State of Oklahoma.

(m) Neither Sponsors, nor any of their affiliates, distributors, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of promotional materials and services and any other participant in this Sweepstakes shall be liable for any Prize winner’s loss or injury, whether to property, reputation or person, incurred as a result of participating in this Sweepstakes, or using any of the Prizes awarded.