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In honor of Valerie Agosta, her zest for life and her belief it is never too late to follow your dreams, VocationVacations has established the Valerie Agosta “Live Your Best Life” VocationVacations Scholarship. Valerie was an outstanding VocationVacations mentor who offered people interested in a career as a private investigator the opportunity to have a hands-on experience walking in her shoes for a couple of days.
We also encourage anyone going through a struggle in life or career to read Val’s wonderful, inspirational book, SPY MOM, that has was released posthumously on April 1, 2010 from Guideposts Publishing. You can purchase it on Amazon.
Valerie Agosta was an amazing woman. She lived life to the fullest and believed all things were possible. Her passion and enthusiasm were contagious and changed the lives of many who were fortunate enough to know her. Valerie enlightened, encouraged and empowered her “mentees”, instilling the belief that there are no impossibilities, just opportunities. Challenges and adversities can be overcome. That was the way Valerie lived her life always looking for new adventures and exciting tomorrows even as she was losing her fight with cancer.
“I am one of the many ‘vocationers” who benefited from Val’s generous mentorship and her willingness to share her knowledge and experience as a private investigator. Going blindly into my VocationVacation and hoping I would experience and learn this profession through real-life experiences, Val provided more than I ever anticipated. I had two action-packed days, and she never held back on any of my inquisitive questions. As a mentor, she was there for me right up to her passing four years after my VocationVacation. She will be missed.”
Sue Masear Anderson
Private Investigator VocationVacation 2005
Valerie Agosta, Hanady Investigations
This scholarship is an extension of Valerie’s positive spirit and “all things are possible” attitude.
This scholarship offers the winner the opportunity to choose from more than 175 different VocationVacations career mentorships and the chance to spend a few days experiencing the real-life responsibilities, challenges and rewards of that profession. The scholarship winner will also have the opportunity for both a pre- and post-coaching session with an accredited, affiliated VocationVacation career coach.
In addition, airfare, up to $500, will be arranged for the scholarship winner.
Who Should Apply For This Scholarship?
Have you had an “a ha” moment or a life changing experience that has made you realize life is not a dress rehearsal? Have you faced adversity? Have you always wondered “what if?” but were afraid to find out? Do you believe life is as much about the journey as the destination? Are you ready to seize the moment and live for today? If so, Valerie would have been your biggest cheerleader and would want to give you the opportunity to imagine, explore, enjoy…..and go for it!
How To Apply:
Please sign-up for the VocationVacations free e-newsletter and submit your application. All entries must be made via the VocationVacations website. You must be at least 18 years of age to enter. You must be at least 21 years of age or older to enter if your VocationVacation of choice, if named the scholarship winner, involves alcohol.
Official Scholarship Rules NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY AND A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
SPONSOR
Sponsor is Grounded Nomads, LLC dba VocationVacations, 310 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204
TERM
The Valerie Agosta Scholarship (“Scholarship”) submission process begins on April 1, 2010 and ends at midnight (PST), November 15, 2010. All entries must be made via entry on the VocationVacations website. Entries become the property of Sponsor.
WHO MAY ENTER
Contest is open only to legal residents of the United States (excluding residents of Puerto Rico) who are 18 years of age or over at the time of entry, and not currently employed in the profession for which they are entering. Employees of Sponsor, VocationVacations, and each of their affiliates and subsidiaries, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such individuals, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win a prize. CONTEST IS VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED.
HOW TO ENTER
THE POTENTIAL VOCATIONER IS REQUIRED TO EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING: (1) AN AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY AND LIABILITY RELEASE; (2) PUBLICITY RELEASE; AND (3) ANY OTHER AFFIDAVITS AND/OR RELEASES OR ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED BY PRIZE SUPPLIER(S). UNLESS PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE POTENTIAL WINNER MUST SIGN THESE DOCUMENTS NO LATER THAN 15 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PRIZE NOTIFICATION IN ORDER FOR SPONSOR TO AWARD THE PRIZE. NONCOMPLIANCE OR RETURN OF PRIZE NOTIFICATION AS UNDELIVERABLE MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION AND, AT SPONSOR’S DISCRETION, SELECTION OF AN ALTERNATE WINNER.
The VocationVacation will be subject to the discretion of Sponsor and the chosen VocationVacations mentors. The scholarship winner will receive:
ENTRANT LICENSES/RELEASES
Winning entries, and the winners’ names, voices, and likenesses, may be published by Sponsor and their designees, licensees or affiliates (the “Authorized Parties”), in magazines on websites, or in any other medium, and/or in press releases associated with the Scholarship. By participating, all entrants grant a license in their essays, videos and photos to the Authorized Parties, and acknowledge that the Authorized Parties may use such materials and a name credit in any media now or hereafter known, without restriction. No Authorized Party will be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.
JUDGING
Scholarship consists of one round of evaluation. A panel assembled by Sponsor will evaluate the entries based on the following criteria:
By participating, entrants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Grounded Nomads LLC dba VocationVacations, and each of their respective partners (including contest mentors), affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded hereunder.
CONDITIONS
THIS CONTEST IS VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED. This Contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including tax laws. Certain restrictions may apply. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, stolen, mutilated, incomplete, illegible, misdirected, or postage-due mail. Entries void if the Sponsor determines the entry to not be an original, or if the entries are illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error or obtained through fraud or theft.
Participants also agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; (b) that the decisions of the Judges are final on all matters relating to the Scholarship; and (c) if he/she wins that Sponsor may use the winning essay and video and his/her name, photograph, likeness, and/or voice in any publicity or advertising relating to the Scholarship or future promotions without compensation or approval (except where prohibited by law). All federal, state and local taxes, fees and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of the Vocationer. In the event that the selected Vocationer is ineligible or refuses the prize, the prize will be forfeited and Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may choose whether to award the prize to another entrant.
NOTIFICATION
Vocationer’s name will be available online at www.vocationvacations.com after December 15, 2010, or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Scholarship; c/o VocationVacations; 310 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204.
NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS: REMOVAL FROM MAILING LIST:
Any individual (or other duly authorized person) may elect to exclude the name and address of that individual from all lists used by Sponsor. To elect to have an individual’s name excluded from all such lists, submit a removal request in writing to: Scholarship, c/o VocationVacations, 310 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204. This notification system may be used to prohibit mailing of all skill contests or sweepstakes by Sponsor to such individual
We also encourage anyone going through a struggle in life or career to read Val’s wonderful, inspirational book, SPY MOM, that has was released posthumously on April 1, 2010 from Guideposts Publishing. You can purchase it on Amazon.Valerie Agosta was an amazing woman. She lived life to the fullest and believed all things were possible. Her passion and enthusiasm were contagious and changed the lives of many who were fortunate enough to know her. Valerie enlightened, encouraged and empowered her “mentees”, instilling the belief that there are no impossibilities, just opportunities. Challenges and adversities can be overcome. That was the way Valerie lived her life always looking for new adventures and exciting tomorrows even as she was losing her fight with cancer.
“I am one of the many ‘vocationers” who benefited from Val’s generous mentorship and her willingness to share her knowledge and experience as a private investigator. Going blindly into my VocationVacation and hoping I would experience and learn this profession through real-life experiences, Val provided more than I ever anticipated. I had two action-packed days, and she never held back on any of my inquisitive questions. As a mentor, she was there for me right up to her passing four years after my VocationVacation. She will be missed.”
Sue Masear Anderson
Private Investigator VocationVacation 2005
Valerie Agosta, Hanady Investigations
This scholarship is an extension of Valerie’s positive spirit and “all things are possible” attitude.
This scholarship offers the winner the opportunity to choose from more than 175 different VocationVacations career mentorships and the chance to spend a few days experiencing the real-life responsibilities, challenges and rewards of that profession. The scholarship winner will also have the opportunity for both a pre- and post-coaching session with an accredited, affiliated VocationVacation career coach.
In addition, airfare, up to $500, will be arranged for the scholarship winner.
Who Should Apply For This Scholarship?
Have you had an “a ha” moment or a life changing experience that has made you realize life is not a dress rehearsal? Have you faced adversity? Have you always wondered “what if?” but were afraid to find out? Do you believe life is as much about the journey as the destination? Are you ready to seize the moment and live for today? If so, Valerie would have been your biggest cheerleader and would want to give you the opportunity to imagine, explore, enjoy…..and go for it!
How To Apply:
Please sign-up for the VocationVacations free e-newsletter and submit your application. All entries must be made via the VocationVacations website. You must be at least 18 years of age to enter. You must be at least 21 years of age or older to enter if your VocationVacation of choice, if named the scholarship winner, involves alcohol.
- In no more than 300 words, tell us what has brought you to this cross road in your life and your desire for more fulfillment both personally and professionally. Help us understand:
- Why you would like to take a VocationVacation
- Which VocationVacation you are interested in; and
- How it would benefit you.
- Why you would like to take a VocationVacation
- Which VocationVacation you are interested in; and
- How it would benefit you.
- Why you would like to take a VocationVacation
- Which VocationVacation you are interested in; and
- How it would benefit you.
- Entries must be received by November 15, 2010, and will be judged on their content, creativity and passion. VocationVacations staff and the family of Val Agosta will serve as judges.
- The winner will be announced on December 15, 2010, Val Agosta’s birthday, and notified by email and phone.
- The scheduling of the winner’s VocationVacation will be coordinated with the requested mentor’s availability and the details facilitated through VocationVacations.
Official Scholarship Rules NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY AND A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
SPONSOR
Sponsor is Grounded Nomads, LLC dba VocationVacations, 310 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204
TERM
The Valerie Agosta Scholarship (“Scholarship”) submission process begins on April 1, 2010 and ends at midnight (PST), November 15, 2010. All entries must be made via entry on the VocationVacations website. Entries become the property of Sponsor.
WHO MAY ENTER
Contest is open only to legal residents of the United States (excluding residents of Puerto Rico) who are 18 years of age or over at the time of entry, and not currently employed in the profession for which they are entering. Employees of Sponsor, VocationVacations, and each of their affiliates and subsidiaries, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such individuals, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win a prize. CONTEST IS VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED.
HOW TO ENTER
- To submit to the “Valerie Agosta VocationVacations Scholarship”, entrants must write and submit an essay (no more than 300 words) or send a short video (2 minutes maximum) on why they are the best candidate for the job in the “field” of their choice. All submissions, photos and videos will be posted on the VocationVacations website.
- The VocationVacations team and Valerie Agosta’s immediate family will judge entries.
- The Entries will be judged in accordance with the Judging Criteria, as defined below.
- Limit one entry per person per category.
THE POTENTIAL VOCATIONER IS REQUIRED TO EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING: (1) AN AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY AND LIABILITY RELEASE; (2) PUBLICITY RELEASE; AND (3) ANY OTHER AFFIDAVITS AND/OR RELEASES OR ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED BY PRIZE SUPPLIER(S). UNLESS PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE POTENTIAL WINNER MUST SIGN THESE DOCUMENTS NO LATER THAN 15 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PRIZE NOTIFICATION IN ORDER FOR SPONSOR TO AWARD THE PRIZE. NONCOMPLIANCE OR RETURN OF PRIZE NOTIFICATION AS UNDELIVERABLE MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION AND, AT SPONSOR’S DISCRETION, SELECTION OF AN ALTERNATE WINNER.
The VocationVacation will be subject to the discretion of Sponsor and the chosen VocationVacations mentors. The scholarship winner will receive:
- Round trip coach air transportation not to exceed $500 from the airport closest to the Scholarship Winner’s home and the airport closest to the chosen mentor’s premise.
- One VocationVacation career mentorship not to exceed $2,000 in retail price.
- Approximate Retail Value (”ARV”) will range between $1,000 and $2,500 depending upon the chosen VocationVacation. Tips, taxes, insurance, and all other expenses associated with acceptance and use of the prize not stated herein are the sole responsibility of the Winner and his/her travel companions. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
- Retail value of Scholarship may vary depending on location of Winner’s residence. Any difference between actual retail value of prize and the approximate retail value will not be awarded.
- No prize transfer, assignment or substitution by Vocationer permitted. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize in the case of unavailability, in which case a prize of comparable value, determined in Sponsor’s reasonable discretion, will be awarded.
- Odds of being granted the Scholarship depend on the number of eligible entries received.
- If the Vocationer is unable to travel on the dates of the trip (which are subject to Sponsor’s and Mentor’s discretion) then, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate Vocationer may be selected based on the Judging Criteria.
- Certain restrictions may apply. Airline travel is subject to availability and subject to at least one-month advance notice from Vocationer. Vocationer will be responsible for all necessary travel authorizations and travel insurance. By accepting the Scholarship, the Vocationer represents that they understand that travel, whether in developed or remote areas and whether by plane, automobile, boat, raft, or other conveyance, or by foot, on land or water, and in the air, contains some inherent element of risk of accident, illness, injury, loss or death, which may be caused by negligence, forces of nature, wild animals or other agencies, known or unknown. The Vocationer represents that they recognize that such risks may be present at any time before, during and after the trip. In order to be considered a Vocationer and partake of the enjoyment of this trip, the potential Vocationer must be willing to accept the risk, and to confirm their acceptance to such risk in writing at Sponsor’s request.
ENTRANT LICENSES/RELEASES
Winning entries, and the winners’ names, voices, and likenesses, may be published by Sponsor and their designees, licensees or affiliates (the “Authorized Parties”), in magazines on websites, or in any other medium, and/or in press releases associated with the Scholarship. By participating, all entrants grant a license in their essays, videos and photos to the Authorized Parties, and acknowledge that the Authorized Parties may use such materials and a name credit in any media now or hereafter known, without restriction. No Authorized Party will be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.
JUDGING
Scholarship consists of one round of evaluation. A panel assembled by Sponsor will evaluate the entries based on the following criteria:
- Written Essay: how well written essay conveys why the entrant would be the best candidate to experience the mentorship related to the category for which they are entering. 50% OR
- Video Entry: how well the entrant conveys why they would be the best candidate to experience the mentorship related to the category for which they are entering. 25%
- Passion of Entry: demonstrated passion for VocationVacations and the desire to experience a career mentorship. 25%
- Creativity: overall creativity of written essay and video entry. 25%
- Decisions of the Sponsor and Judges are final and binding.
- Sponsor reserves the right not to award the Scholarship in the event an insufficient number of eligible entries meeting the minimum judging criteria are received, as determined by Sponsor and Judges in their sole discretion.
By participating, entrants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Grounded Nomads LLC dba VocationVacations, and each of their respective partners (including contest mentors), affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded hereunder.
CONDITIONS
THIS CONTEST IS VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED. This Contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including tax laws. Certain restrictions may apply. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, stolen, mutilated, incomplete, illegible, misdirected, or postage-due mail. Entries void if the Sponsor determines the entry to not be an original, or if the entries are illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error or obtained through fraud or theft.
Participants also agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; (b) that the decisions of the Judges are final on all matters relating to the Scholarship; and (c) if he/she wins that Sponsor may use the winning essay and video and his/her name, photograph, likeness, and/or voice in any publicity or advertising relating to the Scholarship or future promotions without compensation or approval (except where prohibited by law). All federal, state and local taxes, fees and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of the Vocationer. In the event that the selected Vocationer is ineligible or refuses the prize, the prize will be forfeited and Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may choose whether to award the prize to another entrant.
NOTIFICATION
Vocationer’s name will be available online at www.vocationvacations.com after December 15, 2010, or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Scholarship; c/o VocationVacations; 310 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204.
NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS: REMOVAL FROM MAILING LIST:
Any individual (or other duly authorized person) may elect to exclude the name and address of that individual from all lists used by Sponsor. To elect to have an individual’s name excluded from all such lists, submit a removal request in writing to: Scholarship, c/o VocationVacations, 310 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204. This notification system may be used to prohibit mailing of all skill contests or sweepstakes by Sponsor to such individual
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