Snow Me the Money 2024 – Rules and Regulations
You’re invited to team up with your classmates, colleagues, or co-workers to create an epic snow sculpture and show off your singing voices for a chance to win cash and prizes in RRC Polytech’s Winter Engagement Contest – Snow Me the Money!
This year, in addition to the snow-building contest, participants will get to take part in a singing contest, singing their version of the original climate change anthem, “Tell Me Where the Snowmen Are” to help raise climate crisis awareness and win additional prizes!
- Registration
You must register to be eligible to win prizes. Participants can register as a team or individual to participate in the snow-building and singing contests.
To register as a Team:
- Assemble your team, collect each member’s email address and decide on a team name.
- Elect a team captain who will formally register your group by completing the entry form that includes each team member’s name and email address.
- Team captains must be a student or staff member at RRC Polytech, but anyone is eligible to participate as a team member: family members, friends, etc.
- Prize money will be awarded to the captain on behalf of the team.
- There is no limit on the number of members per team.
Individuals can register by completing the entry form. RRC Employees and students are eligible to register as individual participants or students are eligible to register as individual participants.
The registration deadline is EXTENDED to Monday, March 4th, 2024, at 5:00 pm CT.
The contest is free of charge, and no purchase is necessary to register.
- Snow Building Contest
Weather permitting, the goal is to create a welcoming “snow sculpture village” at the Notre Dame Campus (NDC) along Route 90 in front of the Jan den Oudsten Vehicle Technology and Research Centre (VTRC) and near the main entrance, off Notre Dame Avenue.
Teams from EDC will need to come to NDC to build their masterpieces where space and snow are more accessible.
Teams from Stevenson and our regional campuses can take part at designated locations on their campuses and submit their entries.
Snow building can commence at the assigned locations from 8:00 am CT on March 4, 2024, and end at 12:00 pm CT on March 7, 2024.
Snap a photo of your finished work of art and submit your entry to Lisa Moore limoore@rrc.ca by noon CT on March 7, 2024.
Teams are encouraged to use snow reserves that our facilities staff will stockpile (if available) to build their creations.
Participants must not interfere with the building of competing sculptures or deface, devalue, or destroy them.
Sculptures will not be monitored, and contest organizers are not responsible for any random acts of vandalism.
No power tools can be used in the construction of your sculptures.
Participants in the snow sculpture contest can also participate in the singing contest.
If there is not enough snow left to sculpt due to unseasonably warm temperatures as of March 1st, 2024, the snow-building portion of the contest may be altered or cancelled. Registrants will be informed via email.
Participants who fail to comply with RRC Polytech’s safety guidelines and our Respectful College and legal policies as outlined at RRC.ca may be removed from the contest.
- Singing Contest
This year, we are also introducing a singing competition to the Snow Me The Money Contest with additional prizes to be won.
To participate in the singing contest, teams/individuals will submit a video recording of the song Tell me Where the Snowmen Are by Ria den Oudsten, sung to the tune of Tell Me Where the Flowers Are composed by Pete Seeger.
Sheet music and instrumental audio will be provided by email and may be used in the recording.
Professional recording equipment is not required, smartphone recordings will be accepted.
You can participate in the singing contest without participating in the snow-building contest.
The deadline for emailing singing submissions to Lisa Moore limoore@rrc.ca is also noon CT on March 7, 2024.
Winners will be announced at a lunch hour wrap-up celebration at NDC on Friday, March 8, 2024.
- Prize Structure
$1000 for the most creative, elaborate and impressive design at NDC as judged by Maria den Oudsten.
$1000 for the most creative, elaborate and impressive design away from NDC as judged by Maria den Oudsten.
$500 for the Runners-up at NDC as judged by Maria den Oudsten.
$500 for the Runners-up away from NDC as judged by Maria den Oudsten.
Four prizes of $250 for registered teams (any campus) selected by random draw.
$1,000 for Maria den Oudsten’s favorite singing submission from all campuses.
The skill-testing question of (10 × 4) – (15 ÷ 3) =? provided on the entry form must be correctly answered to be eligible for the randomly drawn prizes. The odds of winning the grand prizes or raffle depend on the number of entrants.
Additional prizes may include small amount gift cards and various small tokens of participation.