Sustainability Pledge Photo Contest!

BeachCorps has launched a photo contest! 

(Photo Above: Winning April 2018 Photo submitted by @NefertititheQueen; $US 100 awarded to the Puntacana Group Foundation)

We want to encourage tourists, hotels and tourism companies like airlines to pledge to support sustainability in tourism in Punta Cana.  THIS PHOTO CONTEST IS ON HOLD BUT WILL BE STARTED UP AGAIN SOON!

We want to make travel an ever-increasing force for sustainable good. There is a growing recognition that the tourism development is straining the environment and not providing sufficient benefits to the local communities. We want travelers to encourage the Dominican hotel industry to focus sustainability: economic, social, cultural and especially environmental.

As a first step in this expanding program, BeachCorps is promoting a photo contest for Instagram that also will be shown on Facebook and promoted on Twitter.  

HOW TO ENTER?

Share your own pictures of beautiful parts of your hotel in the Dominican Republic, especially around Punta Cana and La Romana and the eastern Dominican Republic and tag it with the hashtag #SustainabilityPledge #BeachCorps.  We will also reach out to folks on Instagram for permission to use their great photos.

Include a caption with #SustainabilityPledge #BeachCorps and if you want also the #PuntaCanaPledge. The messages can include lines like “Punta Cana is beautiful; let’s keep it that way!” 

The winner of the contest will be able to designate US $100 to a worthy nonprofit of their choice promoting sustainability. 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The Instagram Sustainability Pledge Photo Contest is run by BeachCorps. By entering the competition each entrant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions:

The winner will be chosen each month by the number of likes the publication has. If you publish a photo with the hashtags #SustainabilityPledge #BeachCorps, then we will count the likes for your photo post.  If we ask permission to repost and you give it to us, we will count the likes for our repost.

The Competition includes one (1) monthly prize, US $100 donated to one of the non-profit of the following list: 

• Batey Rehab Project
• Clean the World
• Dogs and Cats of the Dominican Republic
• Dominican Development Group
• The DREAM Project
• Educando Avanzamos
• Fundación Ecoturismo Responsable (FECOTUR)
• Global Foundation for Democracy and Development
• Global Sustainable Tourism Council
• Mir Foundation (Mir Charities)
• Planeterra
• Puntacana Group Foundation
• Rescátame
• Sustainable Tourism International
• Tourism Cares
• Impact Travel Alliance
• Trash Hero

If the user wants to donate the money to a nonprofit that is not on the list, email your suggestion to info@beachcorps.com.  The nonprofit should have the following requirements: 

1.Should be officially registered in the Dominican Republic or USA.

2.Must (In BeachCorps view) substantially address some aspect of sustainability: economic, social, or environmental.  

3.Should be in this areas: Education, animals, social, cultural or environmental.

4.If the nonprofit does not have direct operations in the Dominican Republic, then it must address sustainable tourism as a core focus of its mission.

5. If the winner and BeachCorps are unable to agree on a nonprofit, then the contest will be void for that month and we will pick an alternative winning photo and nonprofit of our choosing.

BeachCorps has the right to repost any photo submitted for the contest onto the different social media platforms while making sure to tag the person who gave us permission to use the photo. 

BeachCorps will not choose any photos which contain the following: Pornographic or nude images, Images promoting illegal drug use, Images depicting crimes of any nature. Beachcorps is not required to provide any explanation for the rejection. You are liable for the content of your entry.

All photos submitted must be original work. You cannot repost other users photos without permission and you cannot use free or purchased photos available online.  By giving us permission to use the photo, you are certifying that the work is original and that you have full legal rights to the photo.

If the photo have a child, the photo should be approved by the parents. 

There is no cost involved to enter.

The contest is only on Instagram. 

The winner will be notified by BeachCorps after the last day of each month via Instagram direct message.

The winner must contact BeachCorps to claim their prize within 7 days of BeachCorps sending notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and BeachCorps reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner and/or nonprofit of our choosing.

BeachCorps reserves the right to change the rules of this contest at any time. 

A user can only win maximum one (1) time every year. (With the exception of a future GRAND prize contest where previous winners are eligible). Stay tuned because we will be adding new parts of the #SustainabilityPledge soon!

Facebook, Twitter & Instagram: @BeachCorps

Email: info@beachcorps.com

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