1. No Purchase Necessary. Contest open to residents of the United States, who are 21 years of age or older. Void where prohibited.

2. Contest begins at 12 pm. Central Standard Time on August 4, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. and ends at 11:55 p.m. Central Daylight Time on August 24, 2009. (“Contest Period”).

3. Two Ways To Enter: (a) Internet: Visit http://www.textmeforbusiness.com/amoe/show/36  (“Website”) during the Contest Period and follow the online instructions to complete and submit an online entry. (b) Text Message: Use your SMS-enabled mobile phone to text “MEMBER”  along with your full name and email to shortcode 75309 and you will be automatically entered into the Contest. Participants must have a mobile phone with text messaging capabilities to enter by Text Message. Participants entering this Contest via Text Message may incur a standard text message charge from their wireless service provider for each message sent and received. Check with your wireless service provider for detail on these and other applicable charges. You may receive reply messages. Participants are solely responsible for any such wireless charges. Not all wireless carriers participate. All entries must be received and recorded during the Contest Period. Sponsor’s designated official judging organization’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest. No other forms of entry are valid. Limit one (1) entry per person/email address/mobile phone number, regardless of entry method.

4. No mechanically reproduced or photocopied entries permitted. Neither the sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for lost, late, misdirected, unintelligible, returned or undelivered entries, telephone calls, email, or for lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Website, or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, miscommunications, failed computer, network, telephone, satellite or cable hardware or software or lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions, computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of this Contest or Website, or act in violation of the Official Rules, or act in any manner to threaten or abuse or harass any person, or violate Website’s terms of service, as solely determined by the sponsor, will be disqualified. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information whether caused by Website users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the programming or equipment associated with or used in this Contest, and assumes no responsibility for any errors, omission, deletion, interruption or delay in operation or transmission or communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized website access. Any use of robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries, and may subject that entrant to disqualification. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for injury or damage to participant's or any other person’s computer or property related to or resulting from participating in this Contest. Should any portion of Contest be, in the sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the sponsor, corrupt or impair administration, security, fairness or proper play of this Contest, or submission of entries, sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest, and randomly select the winner from valid entries received prior to action taken, or otherwise as may be deemed fair and equitable by the sponsor. Text message entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the registered owner of the wireless number used to enter. All materials submitted become the property of The Morton Arboretum and will not be returned.

5. Winner will be selected in a random drawing to be held Tuesday following the concert from among all eligible entries received by an independent judging agency, whose decisions are final in all matters relating to this Contest. Winner may not substitute or transfer prize, but sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with a prize of equal or greater value.

6. The prize will be awarded. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Winners will be notified by phone, mail or email. If a randomly selected winner participated via Text Message, he/she will be required to respond to a phone call or text message within five (5) days in order for the independent judging agency to capture winner’s name and address or prize will be forfeited. Sponsor is not responsible for suspended or discontinued wireless service that may result in potential winner not receiving initial prize notification. Winner will be required to complete, sign, and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release within seven (7) days of prize notification. In the event of noncompliance within any of these time periods, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. Any alternate winner selected will also be required to adhere to the time periods described herein. Any prize notification or prize returned to the sponsor or its agencies as undeliverable will result in disqualification and the awarding of that prize to an alternate winner.

7. Employees and the immediate families of employees of The Morton Arboretum, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion are ineligible. This Contest is subject to federal, state and local regulations. Taxes, if any, are solely the responsibility of the winner.

8. Acceptance of prize offered constitutes permission to use winner’s name, voice, biographical information and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and promotion without further compensation in all media now known or hereafter discovered worldwide and on the Internet without notice or review or approval as permitted by law.

9. Prize (6) 3 to non-members and 3 to current, active members: Non-member winners will receive a new 1-year Family level membership valued at $100 to The Morton Arboretum. Current active members of The Morton Arboretum will receive a 1-year renewal upgrade to the Friend level of membership, with the upgrade from the current level of membership beginning August 1, and valued at $250. Winner must comply with all terms and conditions stated in the Official Rules. Winner is responsible for making all travel/accommodation arrangements. Transportation, meals, gratuities and all other expenses not specified herein are solely the responsibility of the winner. If winner cannot accept the prize as specified, prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner. Retail Value is $100 for a 1-year Family membership and $250 for a 1-year Friend membership.

10. By accepting a prize, winner agrees to release and hold sponsor harmless from all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind resulting from acceptance, possession or use of any prize, including without limitation, personal injuries, death and property damage. By participating in this Contest, participant agrees to be bound by all the Official Rules of this Contest.

11. For the name of the winners, hand print your name and complete address on a 3” x 5” card and mail to: The Morton Arboretum Win-a-Membership Contest, 4100 Rt. Il 53, Lisle IL 60532, for receipt by August 29, 2009.

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