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October 2026 Walk/Ride Day · Green Streets Initiative
You are entered automatically. There is nothing to sign up for. Every qualifying trip you record in the Shift app on Walk/Ride Day enters you in the drawing. No purchase, payment, or entry action of any kind is necessary. You can also receive extra entries by inviting friends to Shift between Monday, September 28, 2026 and Friday, October 30, 2026. See Section 4.
1. Promotion Name and Sponsor
- Promotion: October 2026 Walk/Ride Day Gift Card Drawing
- Sponsor: Green Streets Initiative, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Cambridge, MA (“GSI”)
- Administered through the Shift mobile app, available on the App Store and Google Play
- This drawing is separate from, and independent of, the Shift Your Summer 2026 sweepstakes. Entries in one do not affect the other.
2. Eligibility
- Open to U.S. residents who are at least 18 years of age and reside in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Employees and Directors of GSI, and the members of the immediate family of all such persons, are not eligible to win.
- Eligibility is confirmed when a prize is claimed, not at the time of entry. Entries accrue automatically from qualifying trips and referrals, so a person who does not meet the eligibility requirements may nonetheless be selected. Any selected entrant who does not confirm that they are 18 or older and a Massachusetts resident forfeits the prize, and the prize is awarded to a replacement entrant selected by the same method. See Section 7.
- GSI does not require entrants to have a date of birth or state of residence on file in order to receive entries. An entrant whose records do not establish eligibility remains in the drawing and is asked to confirm eligibility if selected.
- No purchase is necessary to enter or win. This promotion is subject to all Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, and is void where prohibited.
3. Promotion Period
- The Promotion Period is Friday, October 30, 2026, from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
- Only trips recorded within the Promotion Period count toward trip entries. Trips recorded before or after it do not, regardless of when they are confirmed in the app.
- The Referral Period runs from 12:00 AM Eastern Time on Monday, September 28, 2026 through 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Friday, October 30, 2026. A referral entry (Section 4) is received only when the friend both enters the code and records their first trip within the Referral Period.
4. How to Enter
Entry is automatic. Record a qualifying trip in the Shift app during the Promotion Period and you are entered. There is no opt-in, no form, and no separate registration. You may also receive additional entries by referring friends, as described below. Referring friends is optional and is never required to enter or win.
What counts as a qualifying trip
- A trip taken on foot, by bicycle, by bus, by subway or light rail, by commuter rail, or by ferry.
- The trip must be recorded and location-verified by the Shift app. Trips that are manually entered, or that the app cannot verify, do not count as entries.
- Trips taken by car, including as a passenger, do not count as entries.
How many entries
- Each qualifying trip counts as one (1) entry.
- A maximum of 3 entries from trips may be received per person during the Promotion Period. Additional qualifying trips are welcome but do not increase the number of entries. Referral entries are counted separately, as described below.
- Entries are per person, not per device or per account. Attempting to gain additional entries through multiple accounts is grounds for disqualification.
Referral entries
- Every Shift member has a personal referral code in the Shift app. You receiveone (1) entry in this drawing for each friend who enters your code in the Shift app and then records their first trip that the Shift app verifies. Both must happen during the Referral Period (Monday, September 28, 2026 through Friday, October 30, 2026).
- A maximum of 2 referral entries may be received per person. Referral entries are in addition to the trip maximum above.
- Referral entries count only in this Walk/Ride Day drawing and do not carry over to any other drawing. A friend’s first trip recorded after 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Friday, October 30, 2026 does not add an entry.
- A referral code must be entered within 30 days of the friend creating their Shift account. Each person can use one referral code, and no one can use their own. The friend receives entries from their own qualifying trips in the usual way.
- Referring friends is free and optional, and is never required to enter or win.
- Each referral must be a different, real person. GSI may review and void referral entries that involve a shared device, more than one account for the same person, or any other misuse. Referral entries do not change who is eligible to win (Section 2).
No alternate method of entry is required
Because entry requires no purchase, no payment, no subscription, and no entry action of any kind — entries accrue from ordinary use of a free app — no alternate method of entry is offered for this drawing. The Shift app is free to download and free to use. Referring a friend is free and optional, and is never required to enter or win.
5. Prizes
- 1 × $100 digital gift card — winner's choice of local shop or brand gift card — approximate retail value $100
- 20 × $10 digital gift card — winner's choice of local shop or brand gift card — approximate retail value $10 each
Total approximate retail value of all prizes: $300.
- Prizes are digital gift cards, delivered electronically. A winner selects their merchant from the options GSI makes available at the time of redemption.
- Prizes are not transferable and no substitution is offered, except that GSI may substitute a prize of equal or greater value if a prize becomes unavailable.
- Prizes have no cash value and cannot be redeemed for cash.
- Limit one prize per person.
- Every entry counts toward every prize level listed above. Entrants do not choose a prize level.
6. Winner Selection and Notification
- Winners are selected at random from all entries received during the Promotion Period. An entrant’s chance of winning is proportional to the number of entries they received, up to the maximums in Section 4.
- Prizes are drawn in the order listed in Section 5, starting with the highest-value prize. A person selected for one prize is not eligible to be selected for another prize in the same drawing.
- The drawing will be conducted on or about Saturday, October 31, 2026.
- The drawing is conducted by GSI using an automated random selection process, and each drawing is recorded in an audit log retained by GSI. All decisions of GSI regarding winner selection are final.
- Winners are notified in the Shift app, and by push notification and email where the winner has enabled them. GSI is not responsible for a notification that fails to reach a winner because of an incorrect email address, a full mailbox, a spam filter, or disabled notifications.
7. Prize Conditions
- To claim a prize, a selected entrant must confirm in the Shift app that they are 18 years of age or older and a Massachusetts resident, acknowledge these Official Rules, and provide a valid email address for delivery.
- A prize must be claimed within seven (7) days of notification. An unclaimed prize is forfeited and awarded to a replacement entrant selected by the same method.
- A selected entrant who confirms that they are under 18, or that they reside outside Massachusetts, forfeits the prize. The prize is then awarded to a replacement entrant. Forfeiting for this reason carries no other penalty and does not affect any other part of the entrant’s Shift account.
- A selected entrant may decline a prize. A declined prize is awarded to a replacement entrant.
8. Tax Obligations
- Winners are responsible for any federal, state, and local taxes arising from a prize.
- GSI reports prize income where required by law. A winner may be required to provide a Taxpayer Identification Number before a prize is awarded if reporting obligations apply.
9. General Conditions
- By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules.
- GSI reserves the right to disqualify any entrant who tampers with the entry process, records trips fraudulently, operates multiple accounts, or otherwise acts in a manner GSI reasonably determines to be in violation of these Rules or in bad faith.
- GSI reserves the right to modify, suspend, or cancel this drawing if it cannot be conducted as planned, including because of a technical failure. If the drawing is cancelled, GSI may award prizes from among eligible entries received up to the point of cancellation.
- Nothing in these Rules requires anyone to take a trip they would not otherwise take, or to travel in a way they judge unsafe. Participants are responsible for their own safety and for obeying all traffic laws.
10. Privacy
- Information collected in connection with this drawing is used to administer the drawing and deliver prizes. It is handled in accordance with the GSI Privacy Policy.
- Date of birth and state of residence supplied when claiming a prize are used to confirm eligibility and are retained as a record of that confirmation.
- GSI does not sell personal information, and does not share entrant information with prize merchants beyond what is required to deliver a gift card.
11. Limitation of Liability
- By participating, entrants release GSI, its directors, officers, employees, and volunteers from any liability for loss, harm, or damage arising from participation in this drawing or from the acceptance or use of a prize.
- GSI is not responsible for entries that are not recorded because of a device failure, a location-services failure, a network outage, or any other technical problem beyond its reasonable control.
12. Disputes
- These Official Rules are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.
- Any dispute arising out of this drawing shall be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Massachusetts.
13. Contact
Questions about this drawing, or about a prize, can be sent to info@gogreenstreets.org.
Green Streets Initiative, Inc. · Cambridge, Massachusetts