Fab Freebie: Ideas For Ikea
***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Random.org has selected the two random folks who are about to get $100 to IKEA. And they are… Jennifer (who improves lives by teaching and will also be adopting a child from Ethiopia) and Ashley (who says needs some improvement for herself). Congrats!
If you take one thing away from this post, it should be this: two people are winning $100 gift cards to IKEA this week. Woot! But if you have room for a second thing, know that it’s because Ikea is hosting their second annual Life Improvement Project that, among other things (like hilariously helpful “instructions” for living a better life) includes another $100,000 Life Improvement Sabbatical Contest. So if you’ve got a great idea about how to help others, IKEA will give you one year and one hundred grand to make it happen. Last year’s winner (whose video can be seen here) was actually from right here in Virginia. Double woot!
- PRIZE: An $100 gift card to IKEA, courtesy of the IKEA Life Improvement Project
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “IMPROVE ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: …how you’d like to improve the lives of others. Do you have a special skill or talent that you could leverage? Or is there a specific cause or area of need that you’d like to dedicate yourself too?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, October 12 at 8pm EST (or at 10,000 entries)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
- PRIZE SHIPS: The continental 48 United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We weren’t paid or perked for hosting this giveaway, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of IKEA Life Improvement Project.
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I work with Habitat for Humanity and would love to be able to do even more for them.
IMPROVE ME! I would love to adopt a child who needs a home and help provide them with the resources to improve their life.
IMPROVE ME! I have a son with high functioning autism. I would like to help other parents with kiddos facing the same challenges. It has been a long and lonely journey and I would like to be there for someone else..
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I would love to help postpartum women in need, as I had such a difficult time and that was with help and a wonderful support system.
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I teach 5th grade at a low income school and teaching the kids character/life principles is always my #1 goal!
IMPROVE ME! I would love to work with pregnant single moms who have little support. After having a baby a year ago with a loving husband and extended family I have no idea how they do it!
IMPROVE ME! I would love to help kids learn to live healthier lives by being active!
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IMPROVE ME! I want to teach others to cook healthy, nutritious, EASY TO MAKE meals.
IMPROVE ME! As an attorney, I try to take on non-profit organizations as clients for free.
IMPROVE ME! I would like to teach people how to choose and properly take care of their pets (so they don’t end up in shelters). LOVE Ikea.
Improve Me! I try to help kids every day at my job (I’m a first grade teacher). Teaching is my passion.
IMPROVE ME! I’d love to help people organize the clutter in their lives. And by lives, I mean closets! My husband tells me it’s a skill I have like no other. :)
IMPROVE ME! I love working with elementary school aged girls through girl scouts and girls on the run!
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I am currently going to school to be a teacher to hopefully improve the education of the school system in my local area :)
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I’d love to help out at animal shelters…I love my pups!
Improve me! I would love to help less fortunate children.
Improve me! I’d love to work in homeless shelters by either helping beautify the shelter to give the people there a beautiful place to rest or by tutoring the kids staying there…or both :-)
IMPROVE ME! I am itching to go to IKEA. Fingers crossed that I get to go with a gift card. Thanks for the fun and fabulous giveaway!
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i’d love to use my photography skills to do family shoots for military families before a deployment…for free, just to give them photos of their sweet families together before they’re separated for however long.
Improve me!!! Help me as I start to teach Sunday school to preschoolers!
IMPROVE ME!!! I love to just listen! Listen to others problems, listen to others successes and just be here for others!
Improve me! I want everyone to know that they are special and and have value!
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I’m a special education teacher, and I try to do as much as I can to help kids.
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I love the positive affirmation password idea!
I’m a big supporter of the ASPCA – ADOPT!! :)
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I try to say hi to people in public… I used to do outreach mental health and you’d be amazed at how many people can go days (!) without another human being saying hello to them.
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I have a health and fitness background and I think it would be wonderful to have counselors available to coach underprivileged men, women, and children in healthy living practices.
IMPROVE ME! I’ve always wanted to volunteer at a hospital, especially the children’s ward. Unfortunately, my work is so demanding that I never have the time :(
IMPROVE ME! I would love to teach art/art history to children and bring a little beauty back to learning.
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I would love to help with animal shelters!
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Clean water! I would love to help make sure everyone had access to clean, good-for-you water.
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I’d like to improve the lives of others by continuing what I do every day already – teach!
improve me! i’d love to help people de-clutter and organize their homes.
IMPROVE ME! My husband and I are both teachers; we hope we improve students’ lives!
IMPROVE ME! I teach Kindergarten…I view it more as my ministry than my job.
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I would love work with women at a crisis pregnancy center.
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I think it’s important to get kids reading and learning about the world at a young age. I always loved books as a kid, so I would love to give books to families in need who have young children.
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I would like to see more efforts around cancer prevention. There are lots of wonderful causes for helping find cures, but let’s help people not get it in the first place!
IMPROVE ME! I’m an inner city teacher and feel I’m trying to improve the lives of kids who have no chance otherwise.
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If I could improve anything in order to help others I would give parents the gift of helping their children learn to read. As a teacher, I see so many parents who are either unable, don’t know how, or are unwilling to help their children!
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I’m more drawn to helping animals than helping people. I’d volunteer at an animal shelter or foster a dog.
Improve me! I’d like to help supply eye exams and glasses to those in need – so basic but so essential.
Improve Me! I think one way we could improve our tempers is whenever you’re feel frustrated SING your response to someone. Whether it’s your boss or your 4 year old, anger is easily diluted when you try to sing it ;)
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I would help high school kids with their confidence.