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VIP Sweepstakes
Play Our Virtual Deck Makeover Game
You Could be Here!
Enter our VIP (Very Important Places) Sweepstakes and you could see either geysers, glaciers or America's grandest waterfall, all in VIP style!
About Our VIP Program
Through our VIP Program, The Thompson's Company supports some of America's most unique and naturally beautiful parks, including Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park and Niagara Falls State Park. Thompson's® Water Seal® waterproofers and stains protect wood surfaces throughout these great parks, demonstrating the brand's guarantee of protecting exterior wood from water damage.
See It In Person
Now we'd like to give you the chance to experience one of these breathtaking locations in person. Best of all, if you win, you get to choose the location you'd most like to visit. You could stand on the Cave of the Winds Decks just 15 feet from the base of Niagara Falls. You could marvel at the amazing geysers and other natural water features at Yellowstone National Park. Or see actual glaciers and some of Mother Nature's finest scenery at Glacier National Park.
How To Enter And Win The Prize!
Just take part in our quick and easy virtual deck makeover game. It lets you choose a park background for your deck makeover, and includes entertaining and informative trivia questions. (You don't have to answer the questions correctly to participate. Everybody gets to fill-out the entry form when the deck is “finished.”) The trip is valued at $5,500 and includes airfare for four people, a four-night hotel stay, rental car, $1,000 spending money – and at each location, a special "VIP" event for our winner that is not available to the general public!
- Yellowstone National Park – VIP walking tour and lunch at the 100-plus-year-old Old Faithful Inn, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the few remaining log hotels in the U.S. It also is adjacent to the Park's most well-known attraction, the Old Faithful Geyser. This tour includes access to parts of the hotel not open to the public.
- Glacier National Park – VIP tour of the Park's Greenhouse, led by the Director, who will explain their leading-edge work in helping grow and re-introduce native plants for Parks and highway projects around the country.
- Niagara Falls – VIP tour of the Cave of the Winds Decks and front row seat at the evening illumination ceremony for the Falls.
If you would like to learn more about our three “VIP Partners”, visit these Web sites:
| Yellowstone | www.ypf.org |
| Glacier | www.glacierfund.org |
| Niagara Falls | www.niagarafallsstatepark.com |
- Dedicate Your Check To Your Deck (Or Patio)
Tax rebate checks have started to arrive. While the temptation might be to bury the money in your backyard, consider investing part of it in your backyard to create a retreat from trying times and a place to celebrate successes. - Thompson's® Water Seal® VIP (Very Important Places) Sweepstakes Offers A Chance To Win A Trip To One of Three Unique American Parks
Whether it's water shooting hundreds of feet into the air...75,000 gallons of water per second tumbling towards the earth...or massive amounts of water frozen in place, the Thompson's Water Seal VIP Sweepstakes offers a chance to see some of America's most amazing natural "waterworks" in person -- and in VIP style. - Study Shows Homeowners Still Crazy (About Decks) After All These Years
The number of U.S. homes with decks hit an all-time high in 2007, according to independent research conducted for The Thompson's Company, makers of the Thompson's® Water Seal® brand waterproofers, stains and cleaners. So Americans who are nervous about high gas prices and air travel fiascos heading into the summer of 2008 may find that the perfect summer vacation destination is right in their own backyards.
As the makers of Thompson's® WaterSeal® products,
we've been watching trends in decks and other outdoor
structures for decades. Interest in creating beautiful,
stylish outdoor spaces has never been higher.
The Outdoors Is In™ guide was created to give you inspiration to transform your outdoor world. Whether it's a new deck, a makeover to an existing deck or fence, or something on a smaller scale like creatively finishing a pair of Adirondack chairs, the possibilities are as limitless as your imagination.
We created the Do It Yourself Deck Care Guide to show you the steps to proper deck care and the benefits of Thompson's® WaterSeal® products.
Order your free guides TODAY! Or DOWNLOAD your own copy of the Do It Yourself Deck Care Guide (PDF).
