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2014 STUDENT CLIMB GUIDE
Important dates
• Registration deadline: Wednesday, October 8, 2014, at 5 p.m.
• Minimum fundraising requirement (per person) must be submitted before or on event day:
Saturday, October 18, 2014.
• Fundraising deadline: Friday, November 14, 2014, at 5 p.m.
Visit the Student Climb home page (http://unitedway.kintera.org/student) for full details
regarding the 2013 Student Climb.
Climb date and time
Saturday, October 18, 2014, from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Check-in location
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, Hall C, 255 Front Street West.
Check-in time
From 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. (participants must check in before 10 a.m. or they will not be permitted
to climb).
Registration
There are two easy ways to register. Please choose one:
1.Register online by visiting the Student Climb home page (http://unitedway.kintera.org/student).
2.Email us at [email protected], if your team is unable to access our online
registration system, and we will assist you.
Note: We no longer accept fax registrations.
Space is limited and subject to sell out. Register early!
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Student Climb, participants must be:
1.Affiliated with a primary/secondary school or a youth group (youth group members who are
under 18 years of age).
2.Accompanied by a chaperone aged 21 years or older.
Primary/secondary students (including youth group participants):
• Minimum fundraising requirement is $35 per person.
• A waiver must be signed by a legal guardian prior to the event, and by the climber and
the chaperone (21 or older) at the event. The student waiver is included at the end of this document.
• Climbers who present incomplete waivers will not be permitted to climb.
Note: For climbers under 12 years of age, the minimum height requirement is 42 inches/107
centimetres. Climbers under 12 must be accompanied in the stairwell by an adult (18 years of
age or older).
College/university students:
• Minimum fundraising requirement is $50 per person.
• The “Student Waiver,” for those under 18 years of age, is included at the end of this
document. Please fill it out and bring it to the event.
Pledges
Your minimum fundraising requirement (per person) must be submitted before or on event
day—Saturday, October 18—to be eligible to climb. However, you are encouraged to fundraise
until the fundraising deadline of November 14, 2014. There are two ways to collect pledges:
Online
• Team members can collect pledges online at http://unitedway.kintera.org/student.
Offline
• The offline pledge form (for cash and cheques) is included at the end of this document.
• Team Captains must collect and submit all pledge forms and donations from team members.
(Please ensure that all offline pledges are accompanied by complete and legible pledge
forms. Incomplete and/or illegible pledge forms will not be accepted.)
Important: Each student team member is responsible for raising and submitting the minimum
fundraising requirement by October 18, 2014 ($35 for primary/secondary students and youthgroup members who are under 18; $50 for college/university students and youth-group
members who are 18 and over).
Wristband and timing-chip pickup
Wristbands and timing chips will be distributed at the event. Team Captains can pick up all
wristbands and timing chips, upon checking in at Hall C.
Note: To participate in the Enbridge CN Tower Climb for United Way, you must wear your
wristband and timing chip on your right wrist.
Top School Award
Pull together the largest team, show the most spirit and your school could win the Top School
Award—a trophy inscribed with your school’s name, along with the year.* The winning school
keeps the trophy (and all the inherent bragging rights!) until a new champion is crowned the
following year.
*Open to secondary schools only.
Special offers!
Arrive before 7 a.m. on event day and receive a complimentary 2-for-1 voucher for a return visit
to the CN Tower (valued at $32 plus tax).
Invite your friends and family to greet you at the finish line—at the top of the CN Tower.
Discounted admission is only $12 plus taxes per person (rate available from 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
on Saturday, October 18).
Student waivers
The “Student Waiver” is included at the end of this document. Please photocopy this waiver
and distribute it (one per participant).
Under 18 years of age? If so, you must be accompanied by an adult (21 years of age or older).
Waivers must be signed by a legal guardian prior to the event, and by the climber and the adult
at the event. One signed waiver per participant must be submitted when picking up wristbands
and timing chips.
Chaperones (21 or older) are eligible for student pricing.
Note: Unaccompanied climbers who are under 18, and those who are without signed waivers
and registration forms, will not be permitted to climb. Climbers under the age of 12 must be
accompanied in the stairwell by an adult (21 years of age or older).
What happens on the day of the climb?
• Wristband pickup opens at 5 a.m. Arrive early to Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North
Building, Hall C, 255 Front Street West.
• Leave coats and other personal items at the coat check.*
• Team Captain ensures that all waivers are properly filled out and submitted.
• Team Captain submits all pledge money and waivers at the registration area. (Only those
climbers who have submitted the minimum required fundraising amount will receive a
wristband and timing chip.)
• The climb takes approximately 30 minutes, once your team leaves Hall C.
• Keep to the right, to allow faster climbers to pass.
• Pick up a bottle of water on the glass-floor level at the top of the CN Tower.
• The top of the CN Tower is busy during the climb. In the interest of public safety, please
make your way back to ground level (via the elevators) as soon as possible.
• Return to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, Hall C, 255 Front Street
West, to receive your official 2014 Enbridge CN Tower Climb for United Way T-shirt, and to
enjoy our onsite activities.
*United Way Toronto, CN Tower and Metro Toronto Convention Centre are not responsible for
lost or stolen articles. Please leave all valuables at home.
Step wisely
Please keep these pointers in mind for the event:
• It’s a hands-free climb. THIS POLICY IS STRICTLY ENFORCED. Climbers are NOT permitted
to carry anything up the stairwell, including the following: water bottles or camel packs;
backpacks; infants/children and strollers; cell phones, cameras or any electronic devices, such
as portable-music players. Volunteers, event staff, security and CN Tower staff cannot hold
personal items for climbers.
Fanny packs (subject to security check) are permitted for the purposes of carrying
identification and keys only. For your comfort, hydrating stations will be provided before your
climb (in Hall C) and after your climb (at the top of the CN Tower).
• You’ll need the right gear. For your safety, proper athletic footwear must be worn. Sandals
and costumes are NOT permitted in the stairwell.
More information
If you have any questions, please refer to our “What you need to know” page (unitedwaytoronto.com/cntowerfaq) or email us at [email protected].
See you at the top!
2014 PLEDGE FORM
Register and raise donations online at unitedwaytoronto.com
Climber Check-In Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Hall C, North Building, 255 Front Street West. All participants are required to check in to this
location prior to climbing the Tower. Wristband pick-up, waiver signing, coat check, entertainment and t-shirt pick-up are all located in Hall C on event day.
Saturday Public
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Sponsor yourself, and ask your friends, family, co-workers and neighbours to pledge your climb. Collect pledges in advance. Make a copy of your pledge sheet and
bring it to the event. Don’t forget the great prizes you can win!
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PRIZE ELIGIBILITY: If you have raised and submitted to United Way Toronto $250+ by Friday, November 14, 2014, you are eligible for an incentive prize. For details, please visit
unitedwaytoronto.com/climbforunitedway. Prizes must be picked up in person at the United Way office: 26 Wellington St. E., 12th Fl., Toronto, between January 12 and February 6, 2015.
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Please Complete In Full
UNITED WAY AND CN TOWER PARTICIPANT RELEASE
Enbridge CN Tower Climb
Waiver of liability
The United Way of Greater Toronto (the “United Way”) has organized and will run The Enbridge CN Tower Climb for United Way (the “Event”) on
Thursday, October 16, 2014, Saturday, October 18, 2014 and Sunday, October 19, 2014. The Event involves participants climbing the stairs of
the CN Tower. I know that the Event involves physical activity and I voluntarily assume the risk of participating in the Event. In return for my
being permitted to participate in the Event, I agree to the terms of this release and waiver of liability (the “Release”). I agree to this Release on
behalf of myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns (the “Releasors”). According to the terms below, the Releasors release
all of the following parties, which together are referred to as the “Released Parties”:
(a)
United Way and its officers, employees, servants, directors, members, volunteers, insurers, and Board of Trustees;
(b)
United Way’s agents, sponsors, and organizers for this event including Enbridge Gas Distributing, CN Tower, Metro Toronto Convention
Centre, City of Toronto, Toronto Police Services, Canada Lands Company (CLC) Limited, Maximum Arrest Force, Red Sky Consulting Ltd., STMC
Ltd, and for this Event and their officers, employees, servants, directors, members, volunteers, and insurers; and
(c)
any other person or organization assisting in the Event.
I agree that the Releasors will make no demand or claim against the Released Parties for death, injury, damages, or loss (“Damage”) related in any
way to the Event that I suffer before, during, or after the Event, whether as a spectator or participant in the Event and no matter how the Damage
occurs or who causes the Damage. I also agree that this Release will be effective even if one or more of the Released Parties causes or contributes to
the Damage by fault or negligence.
I agree that the Releasors will make no demand or claim against any other person who could claim against the Released Parties for the matters this
Release covers. I also agree that the Releasors will indemnify the Released Parties against any claims, demands, or costs connected with any Damage
others or I suffer arising from my participation in the Event, even if one or more of the Released Parties causes or contributes to the damage by fault
or negligence.
I understand that the party receiving this release receives it on behalf of every Released Party and that the United Way’s permission for me to
participate in the Event is given by each Released Party in return for this Release.
Photo, video, audio, film, interview release
I give the United Way permission to take and publish photographs, videotapes, audiotapes, films, and interviews of me and / or the child / children
named below for current and future use in United Way materials, including marketing and promotional materials and the United Way’s official
website. The photographs (including negatives), tapes and other materials will belong only to the United Way. Only United Way and persons it has
authorized may reproduce the materials without compensating me, the child / children named below, or any of the other Releasors.
RELEASE AND INDEMNITY FOR CN TOWER
The Enbridge CN Tower Climb for United Way
In consideration of being permitted to participate in The Enbridge CN Tower Climb for United Way, and in connection therewith being permitted
to enter upon the lands and premises surrounding the CN Tower and being permitted to enter the CN Tower, in Toronto, Ontario on October 16,
October 18 and/or October 19, 2014, I, the undersigned, being an adult aged 18 years or older (and, if applicable, the parent or legal guardian of
a minor child), hereby declare and agree as follows:
(a) I hereby unconditionally remise, release, waive and forever discharge Canada Lands Company CLC Limited, the CN Tower, discharge Canada
Lands Company CLC Limited, the CN Tower, City of Toronto, Maximum Arrest Force Inc. and Red Sky Consulting Ltd. (collectively the
“Entities”) and their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, contractors, sponsors, partners, servants, agents, successors, heirs,
executors and personal representatives (collectively the “Representatives”), and each of them from and against any and all losses, claims,
actions, damages, costs, liabilities, expenses and demands whatsoever (collectively the “Claims”) for death, personal injury, damage or loss to
property and any and all other loss or injury, including, without limitation, economic loss or consequential damages (collectively “Damages”),
that I or the child or any member of our families may suffer or incur arising howsoever from or out of my or the child’s participation in this event
and/or entrance into the CN Tower or upon its surrounding lands and premises, whether occasioned, wholly or in part, by any act or omission,
whether negligent or otherwise, including, without limitation, gross negligence, on the part of any one or more of the Entities or
Representatives; and
(b) I shall indemnify, defend and save harmless, and pay or reimburse (including costs, damages and reasonable lawyers fees) the Entities and the
Representatives and each of them from and against any and all Claims for any and all Damages suffered by me, the child and/or any other
person or persons arising howsoever from or out of my or the child’s participation in this event and/or entrance into the CN Tower or upon its
surrounding lands and premises, whether occasioned, wholly or in part, by any act or omission whether negligent or otherwise, including,
without limitation, gross negligence, on the part of any one or more of the Entities or Representatives.
I acknowledge and agree that this Release and Indemnity shall be binding on me and my family members, heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Entities and the Representatives and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns.
It is understood that the party receiving this Release and Indemnity does so on behalf of each and every person and class of persons so released and
indemnified and that the said permission is given or shall be deemed to have been given by each such person and class of persons as consideration
for my or the child’s release.
I agree and acknowledge that the event is a strenuous activity, which involves risks and dangers that may cause serious personal or fatal injury. I
confirm that I and the child do not have any heart or lung conditions or any significant medical condition that requires prescription medication or
that would preclude me or the child from participating in the event. I further confirm that I and the child are physically fit and able to participate in
the event.
I agree that any litigation between me, the child or members of our families, on the one hand, and any Entities or Representatives, on the other, will
be within the exclusive jurisdiction of courts of the Province of Ontario and that the laws of Ontario apply to this Release and Indemnity.
confirm that I and the child do not have any heart or lung conditions or any significant medical condition that requires prescription medication or
that would preclude me or the child from participating in the event. I further confirm that I and the child are physically fit and able to participate in
the event.
I agree that any litigation between me, the child or members of our families, on the one hand, and any Entities or Representatives, on the other, will
be within the exclusive jurisdiction of courts of the Province of Ontario and that the laws of Ontario apply to this Release and Indemnity.
I CONFIRM THAT I AM 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, THAT I AM NOT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL WHILE SIGNING
THIS RELEASE AND INDEMNITY, AND THAT I HAVE READ (OR HAVE HAD READ TO ME) THIS RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AND FULLY
UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BY SIGNING THIS RELEASE AND INDEMNITY, I AM WAIVING CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS
THAT I OR OTHERS MAY HAVE AGAINST THE ENTITIES OR THE REPRESENTATIVES, AND I AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS RELEASE AND
INDEMNITY AND ITS TERMS AND OBLIGATIONS.
PARTICIPANT OR PARENT/GUARDIAN AGED 18 YEARS OR OLDER
Name:
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