*** 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.
Dana says
“IKEA Me!”
I’d bring art and education to people who don’t have those things in their lives, possibly in underprivileged areas in the U.S., or perhaps outside the states.
Holly M. says
IKEA ME!
I would probably work with animal shelters or helping with a trap neuter return program of feral cat communities.
courtney says
IKEA Me!
I would spend my time reaching out to young children and help teach them the importance of getting an education, learn life skills and that their dreams can be a reality.
kelly says
IKEA ME!
I would love to go to another country and work to revitalize a school
Randi Cooper says
Please please “IKEA ME!”
I think I would to Africa and work in Piswa a village in Uganda I was able to visit through Food for the Hungry. It was a beautiful place and the people there just need little things to make large improvements.
Jana says
IKEA me!
I would want to help kids who have a difficult life at home, or in any other way really.
Hil says
IKEA ME!
I’d spend the year educating families about advance directives, maybe try to set up a comprehensive program.
Laura says
IKEA Me!
I’d do all kinds of volunteering – there is so much to do and a year would offer exposure to all kinds to areas.
Janelle says
IKEA ME!
I have no idea what I would do with a year, $100,000, and people to help.
Laura Stiller says
I’d start a non-profit to educate and provide resources to new moms on pregnancy, childbirth, labor & delivery, breastfeeding and taking care of and entertaining a new baby!
leah marie says
“IKEA ME!”
I think I would spend the year ministering to families at the Ronald McDonald House. What better way to show you care than my ministering to hurting families?
Molly says
IKEA Me!
I would love to help or start an organization for children and adults with handicaps that might need a place or people to lean on.
Ashley says
Ikea Me!
*I would go to Peru and work at an orphanage :)
Jamie M says
IKEA Me! PLEASE!
Animals, children, underprivileged families, the elderly
Stacy says
IKEA ME! I was just there yesterday drooling over a new bed! If I had a year to help others I think I would travel to witness firsthand what is going on in places of severe poverty and third world countries so that I could come home and educate the community around me about these issues.
Emily B. says
IKEA ME! :)
I’d start a campaign for pregnancy loss awareness.
Sonja says
IKEA ME!!!
I would spend the year working with older disabled adults who are being abused.
Sarah B. says
IKEA me!!
I would go on, and help support, mission trips to Africa with the Rafiki Foundation.
Genevieve says
Please Ikea Me!!!
If I won The Life Improvement Project, sheesh, I would want to do so much. I think I would work with adolescents in DC, where I live, with after-school programs that build self-esteem and self-expression. I think I’ll enter right now…
Esther Sam says
IKEA ME!!!
I would take the $100,000 and open a cup cake shop or coffee shop with all the proceeds going to a charity or non-profit organization.
Cassie says
IKEA ME!! Was just talking to my friend the other day (she just made her first trip to Ikea…I’ve yet to go!)…we are planning a trip. We have to drive to Canada for the closest store!
I would start a program to help my patients readjust to life after cancer :)
Priscilla K. says
IKEA ME! I would love to help with a tutoring program for students in need.
Ashley says
IKEA ME!
Currently I an art teacher in a very low-income school district. If I could spend a year away from working, I would mentor the students in my district who are in extreme need.
Nicole says
IKEA Me!
I would create a non-profit that helps people with mental disabilities pay for their care, especially since a lot of health insurance companies do not cover or barely cover mental health.
Mandy says
IKEA me!
I think I’d like to spend my time helping out close to home, probably with an organization that helps struggling families in my own town by providing food, clothes, etc.
Melissa B. says
IKEA Me! I would spend the year as a lawyer for the elderly at an area Legal Aid.
CourtneyV says
IKEA Me!!
I would love to start up or help support a no-kill shelter for dogs. I’m not aware of any such facility in my area.
Meg says
IKEA me!
If I could take a year sabbatical, I would use it to use my currently unused teaching license to tutor kids who are at risk in order to help them keep up at school and hopefully better their futures.
Danielle says
IKEA ME!!! I would love to spend a year working with at risk teenagers.
Rachel Rilkoff says
I would love to spend a year working with kids in literacy programs :)
candice says
IKEA ME!!!!!!!
Id spend the year in Africa teaching.
Rachel in NC says
IKEA me!
I would spend the year working with schools to develop their libraries, both the main library and in classrooms.
Kristi K says
IKEA ME!!
I would spend the year as a full time volunteer for the guardian ad litem program in my county to help represent those children who need a voice!
Jess B says
Ikea Me!!!
I would love to spend a year mentoring teenage girls. Reminding them just how amazing, wonderful, powerful, smart, capable they are! I have loved having a job where I do get to do that most of the time!
Paula says
IDEA ME! :)
I would LOVE to work with the students at our local school district to provide programs to get them to stay involved so there would be less chance for risky behavior. I would also work as a camp nurse at our local non-profit camp, that is free, for kids with special needs and improve our programs and arrange for transportation for campers so more can attend.
Abby says
IKEA Me! I’d spend it at an after-school program in the inner city.
Carol N. says
“IKEA Me!”
I would either work with animals (my first love) or work getting meals to the elderly.
Melanie says
IKEA Me!!
I’d work to help the homeless help themselves and get their lives back.
Stephanie says
IKEA ME!!
I help others every day as a nurse, but if I could do anything I wanted, I’d take babies in need of love and care for them and help them feel as special as they are!
Nicole says
IKEA Me!
If I had a year to help others… I would probably get together with a friend who volunteers at a battered woman’s shelter to see what I could do to help.
Stephanie says
IKEA ME!!! PLEASE!!!
My dad was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer almost two years ago and it’s changed our life dramatically in ways I can’t really put to words. I would spend a year working families of diagnosed pancreatic cancer patients and be a place of support. I also volunteer with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network to help spread the word to make people more aware.
Suzanne says
IKEA ME Please!!!
I wish and hope for the opportunity to take a year off to focus on bettering the world. I believe I would start with running an animal safe haven for animals rescued from puppy mills and other abusive locations. A country is only as good as how they treat their animals.
Lindsey Kaye says
IKEA me!
And if I could take a year off to help others I would work on changing our city’s current legislation that has put limits to the number of meals that non-profits are allowed to serve each day. Our local soup kitchens have much more to give than they are able right now and no hungry person should be turned away when there is still more food to give, just because he is last in line.
Kara says
IKEA ME!
I’d like to volunteer to clean up our little downtown which has seen better days. Help people with their landscaping and exterior. And maybe help bring a few small businesses in to fill in the empty storefronts.
Lisa S. says
Ikea me baby! (!!!!)
I volunteer with my chapter of Mothers and More, a non-profit organization aimed at supporting Mothers who work both inside and/or outside of the home. I would love to spend more time with the organization as a whole if I had a chance to. Such a worthy cause!
Abby says
IKEA ME! I would spend the year dedicating my time towards local humane societies and animal rescue.
Kim says
Ikea Me!!
If I could spend one year helping the world, I’d love to start an “in-between-home” for the homeless. Something really nice, not just another institutional living facility. A program and place that people could take pride in as they start a new chapter of their lives. Not just a hand out, but a hand up.
Xylia says
IKEA ME!
If I had a year, I would work with groups which rehab dilapidated houses.
Leslie says
IKEA me!
I’d like to work to improve the infrastructure- electrical grids, roads, ports, etc.- in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Andrew W says
ikea me – i’d work with writting camps for school aged kids