*** This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – scroll down to see who won!***
Perhaps you’ve heard of a little store called Ikea? And perhaps you’ll be interested in a $350 gift card from them for this week’s giveaway? Yeah we couldn’t believe it either when they emailed us. Hooray is right, Ikea catalog. Well said.
And not only are they generously offering up this week’s sweet prize, Ikea’s also presenting “The Life Improvement Project” where they’ll award one philanthropic individual $100,000 to take a one year sabbatical to help others (start a non-profit, volunteer for a year, etc). Plus they’re hosting free seminars in their stores about improving your life through your living space.
But back to how you can get your mitts on that $350 gift card:
- PRIZE: A $350 gift card to Ikea!
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “IKEA Me!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us what you’d do if you could spend one year helping others. Would you open an after school program? Volunteer at a homeless shelter? Rescue animals?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, October 27th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here Thursday morning for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
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You guys are quite impressive with your nearly 11,000 entries. So impressive in fact that Ikea decided to change their plans and give away not just one, not just two, but THREE $350 gift cards. That’s over $1000 in gift cards! Thanks Ikea!
So let’s see who the lucky three winners are according to random.org:
- Alyssa Allen (who’s Life Improvement Project would include moving her fam somewhere in the world to help the poverty crisis)
- NEPD (who’d give her wedding florist services away free of charge)
- Jill (who’d give a year working with the Wildlife Conservation Society)
Note: We weren’t paid or perk’d for hosting this giveaway, we just take them on to reward our lovely readers! See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Ikea.
Rebecca V says
IKEA me! I would help my CSA bring fresh farm-grown produce to local food cupboards.
Melissa says
IKEA ME!
I would spend my year volunteering in a women’s shelter.
Meg says
Ikea me!
Katy says
IKEA ME!
I would volunteer to work at IKEA! HAHA and help people load their cars with all the awesome stuff they buy.
Kate S says
IKEA ME! I would volunteer at a womens crisis center!
Nick says
IKEA ME!
Lyndsey says
IKEA ME!
I would love to spend my year working with the elderly- in particular, capturing their stories. All too often it seems we lose people in our lives and really wish that we had taken down more of what they said and who they were.
Alecia says
IKEA me
As a new mom who has become really passionate about cloth diapers and how easy they are… I’d put together programs to educate and add other easy eco-friendly products too.
Michelle Smurthwaite says
Ikea Me! I would spend the year w/Habitat for Humanity and feeding the hungry.
Colleen says
Wow! IKEA Me!!
I would volunteer at a homeless women with children shelter.
stephenie says
Ikea Me!
I would donate interior design services to local non-profits like women shelters, clinics, and after-school program fascilities. I would work with local vendors to obtain donated furnture, un-used paint / material surplus from past orders, etc.
Donna says
IKEA ME ! I would spend the year loving and caring for babies born drug addicted.
kate says
IKEA ME!
I would love to spend a year helping to eradicate malaria in third world countries.
Hannah says
IKEA ME!!!!!!!!!! I’d spend a year working with the A21 Campaign (www.thea21campaign.org) working with survivors of human trafficking.
Jennifer says
IKEA ME! I would volunteer and donate to my local food bank.
Becca says
IKEA ME!
I would love to rescue animals and find them homes, but take it another step. So many poeple feel they can’t afford a pet – when a pet can bring inmeasureable happiness and love to a family or someone who lives alone. So I would set up a program that provides free or greatly discounted pet needs such as food, vet visits, bedding, cages, etc. for poeple who may be otherwise wouldn’t have their furry friend!
Kendall says
Ikea Me!
I would spend a year opening a sanctuary for animals (those who are old, disabled, in kill shelters, etc.)
Katie says
Oh yes! IKEA ME!!!
Brenda Cleary says
IKEA Me! (I’ve got my eye on a rug and bookcase :)
One year helping others would be spent with Habitat and somehow working with therapy dogs! What a wonderful oppurtunity that would be.
Kristi says
IKEA Me!
We work with the ALS Association already, and if I had a year to dedicate to them, I would spend it working with ALS patients and speaking to representatives in Washington.
Rebecca Blevins says
IKEA ME! I would work with an early literacy program.
Fran T-C says
IKEA ME!!! (please, please, please)
If I had a one year sabbatical I would work on a project preventing teenage pregnancy. I am a school social worker and see all the problems that happen when a woman has a baby when she is less than 20 years old!
Macon says
IKEA ME!!!! Writing this in my Ikea desk chair from my recent 5 hour pilgrimage to Atlanta to go to Ikea. I want to get involved with soldier’s rehabilitation; not only the physically wounded, but the emotionally wounded. I feel that creating art is a great way to express your emotions and deal with your pain and I think if our soldiers learned a way to cope in a nonjudgmental way and an environment where expressing their feelings doesn’t have to hurt their career they would really benefit. I’m just not sure how to get started.
Carrie says
IKEA ME!!
I’d love to volunteer with kids – either an after school program, tutoring, mentoring, etc.
Julie D says
IKEA Me!!!
I would love to spend a year working with foster children.
Kayla Aimee says
Ikea Me yay! I’d volunteer at a local pregnancy crisis center.
Dennis says
Ikea Me!!
I would like to spend a year building houses for those in need.
Shannon T. says
IKEA ME!
I’d spend a year volunteering at animal shelters!
Kelly says
Ikea Me! I would love to be able to volunteer for a year, teaching others about the Bible.
Alyssa says
Ikea Me!
I would volunteer at underfunded schools and help improve the building and classrooms. I believe if you like where you learn then you will learn better!
Becca says
Ikea me! If I had a year off, I’d volunteer with kids in my community!
Christina S. says
IKEA ME!!!
If I could take a year off to help people, I would go into America’s inner cities (I’d start with my hometown of Cleveland) and teach children photography. I think photography builds confidence and self-esteem and would love to see a camera in the hand’s of children who wouldn’t otherwise get the chance. At the end of the year, I would put together a book of their images.
Lisa says
IKEA ME! I would spend my year helping out at a homeless mission.
Jen says
“IKEA me!”
I would volunteer at Epiphany, an independent school for inner city kids in Boston. I would start a welness program.
Ashley C. says
I-I-IKea me! (What a great giveaway!)
After working with children in special education, I would love to put together a program that would help reluctant (yes, they still have those – sad huh?) parents to dive into their children’s education. It could be fun family nights, or little meetings, just to bring everyone together and see that education is important, rather than intimidating.
Lauren says
IKEA ME!!
Teresa says
IKEA ME!
I honestly don’t know. It’s something to think about…
Jesse says
Ikea me please.
I would volunteer at the Healthy Family Resource Center where I currently work, and have them redirect my salary into hiring other much needed staff for the year. Or just donate the money directly to them, if I can just do that.
Corinne says
Ikea Me! If I could do something for a year I think it’d be going down to Door of Hope (an orphanage in Johannesburg, South Africa) and volunteer for a year rocking babies and loving on them.
melissa says
Ikea me! I would spend a year helping kids in my own community. Too often we look far away to help others.
Erika says
Ikea ME!
I’d spend a year working with low-income elderly.
Ashley Murray says
IKEA ME!!!!
I would spend a year loving on AIDS orphans.
Jennifer says
IKEA ME!!!!!!!!! I would like to spend a year doing a multiple of things….. working with single mothers and single fathers or working with women offenders just coming home from prison to make the transition to be productive citiziens or lastly work with my church to expand the teens ministry and to reach out to other teens not in church and show them the love of GOD!!!!
Ashley M. says
IKEA ME!! I would spend a year volunteering at the crisis pregnancy centers in my area.
Kate {DomestiKatedLife} says
Ikea Me! Love ikea… I would volunteer for an organization that makes quilts for sick children.
Jennifer says
IKEA ME!!
I would spend a year working on housing in impoverished areas. Everyone deserves a home!
Amy says
IKEA ME! I would spend a year working at the Children’s Memorial hospital working with sick kids.
amanda says
Ikea ME!!!!
My husband and I would help fix homes for people who couldn’t afford to hire someone to fix the repairs needed. He is handy and I am his helper!
Christina says
IKEA Me!
If I could take a year off, I’d volunteer with kids in my community.
Aimee B says
IKEA me! I’d like to help with an after school program, tutoring kids who maybe don’t get the help they need at home.