*** 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.
Lindsay von says
IKEA Me!
Wow what wouldn’t I do? I’d focus more on issues related to childhood obesity and teaching families healthier eating and money saving options on a restricted budget.
gk says
IKEA me!
i would…volunteer with a local organization that provides meals and other assistance to low-income folks in our community. maybe also see about starting a food waste compost collection program similar to what they do in nyc.
erica says
IKEA ME!!!
I would doing some good for the children in countries that are in poverty.
Amy J says
IKEA ME!!!
I would love to spend a year working for a domestic abuse center for women.
Gretchen says
Ikea me!!!!
I would love to have a year sabbatical. I would volunteer with cancer related organizations. I have several family members and close friends that have battled the disease.
Holly says
IKEA Me
Kendall Chinn says
IKEA ME!
I would help keep America’s schools maintained for the children of our future…happy kids will keep them in school!
Maryellen says
IKEA ME!!! I would LOVE to work in an orphanage for a year.
Alison says
IKEA ME!
I would love to spend a year traveling around the country working on houses at various Habitat for Humanity sites.
Amber McMullen says
IKEA Me!
I would spend a year helping animals, in memory of my dog Bear 1999-2010.
Shelly West says
IKEA ME!! I would love to spend my time working with abused women and children.
Stacey L says
IKEA ME!! We are literally just weeks away from ordering a full kitchen’s worth of IKEA cabinets and would LOVE a gift card!
I would love to spend a year working with young kids in my city to help them understand how money and finance works, so they can use that knowledge to make smart money decisions as they grow up.
Mandy P. says
IKEA ME!
I would spend a year helping with childhood reading.
Sheryl says
IKEA ME!!!
I’d spend a year volunteering with a local hospice program, especially helping families with children who have sick parents.
Hilary says
IKEA ME!!
I would work for free for a non-profit I believe in.
Tiffany T. says
Ikea Me. I’m Volunteering at the nursing home down the street in a week or so. I think elderly people are the forgotten and the not-understood. I hope that when I’m older, kids learn to have more respect than they seem to now..
Wendy Landry says
IKEA Me!
I would help our local Food Pantry, SK Helpline!
Jennifer Kolb says
Ikea me !
I would spend my time working with Flashes of Hope, photographers that take pictures of terminally ill kids and their families for free, so their families will always have some special images of their child.
Lori says
IKEA ME!!
erin says
IKEA ME!
I would spend time halping people with alzhimers!
Leslie R says
IKEA ME!!!
I would definitely do something to help animals – working with rescue organizations, pet adoption agencies – something to help find loving homes for animals in need!
Bethany says
IKEA me!
Woot! This would be awesome. And my lovely phone auto changes IKEA to okra…
laxsupermom says
IKEA ME! If I could spend a year devoted to anyone cause it’d be for a local group called “A Room To Heal.” They fix up a room in the house(usually a bedroom, but sometimes a playroom) for children who are sick with cancer, or have chronic conditions like cerebral palsy. The room makeovers are a la Extreme makeover with incredible murals, karaoke stages, etc. It’s all done on a volunteer basis.
Tamra S says
IKEA ME!
please oh please!
I’d love to provide free high quality preschool to underserved families and children.
kate says
IKEA ME!
Holy moly…this giveaway is super sweet!!
Kristin says
IKEA ME!!
My heart belongs to children and literacy and a combination of both as an after school program sounds like a perfect fit for me!
Gretchen says
IKEA ME!
I would spend a year working at a Crisis Pregnancy Center!
Jennifer says
IKEA me!
A year? Goodness. There is so much that could be done! Probably start out in Haiti or Pakistan and love on the victims of the earthquake and flood.
abi says
ikea me!
Stephanie says
IKEA Me!
I’d volunteer at a local homeless shelter. There’s a lot more people needing their services now and I’d love to be able to help.
Alison says
I would love to spend a year traveling around the country working on houses at various Habitat for Humanity sites.
Heather L-V says
IKEA ME!!! If I had the opportunity to help others for an entire year, I would start a non-profit org, to help the elderly. Something similar to a big-bro/big-sis program for the elderly. Since I was raised by my grandmother, this is a cause near and dear.
Kate says
IKEA Me! Wow, the possibility of taking an entire year to volunteer is overwhelmingly awesome! I would love to help care for disabled kids!
Natalie says
IKEA Me!
If I got to fill a year with philanthropy, I would build a whole bunch of houses with Habitat for Humanity!
Kristi says
IKEA Me!
Hum, this is hard…Maybe a year in Haiti?
meredith says
Ikea Me!!
I would love to spend the year working with Dress for Success!
Celenia says
IKEA ME!
I would offer free music lessons (various instrument and vocal lessons) to inner city and/or under-privileged suburban kids from skilled musicians. Each child would receive an instrument for free. Music made a world of difference in my life and many of our children aren’t even being offered the opportunity to fall in love with music like I did.
Tara says
IKEA me!!!! (Please:))
I would help serve in an orphanage in Malawi Africa for a year. I was involved with a non profit for three years who helps support these amazing people!
katie says
IKEA ME!
I think I would travel somewhere and help with a habitat for humanity type project. get your hands dirty type of work.
Kelli says
IKEA Me!
I would spend a year in Uganda advocating for children.
Rebecca says
IKEA ME!! i would spend a year becoming certified and then teaching free parenting classes to low-income families
VIca says
IKEA and me! I would help provide women with affordable safe daycare for their babies. I would be their daycare for free.
Janet C says
IKEA Me!
I would spend some time in Haiti, helping with what ever needed to be done, then I would spend some time in my own state, volunteering to help needy families.
M.A. says
IKEA Me!!!!!
I would spend a year working with Not For Sale to end human traffiking.
Rose says
IKEA ME!
Hard to tell… probably either volunteer at/start a crisis pregnancy center, start up some kind of infertility support group, or a marriage support group… ?!?!? Great question, so many possibilities.
Jami says
IKEA ME!!!!
I would alternate between The Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity wherever I’m needed. I fly for free, so all my award $$ could go directly to the organizations.
Emily W. says
IKEA ME!
I would want to spend a year teaching at a primary school in Uganda.
Ashley says
IKEA ME!!
If I could take a year off and help others I would focus my efforts on the education of girls and women in Africa or Asia.
Eliana says
IKEA ME!!!!!
I would love to dedicate a year to the animal sheleters in S. Florida. there are so many shelters that euthanize 100’s of dogs and cats… I would love to help my friends new rescue. “big boys rescue” which finds homes for large breed dogs.
Chelsey says
IKEA ME!
Id spend a year supporting local food in Oklahoma, specifically the Oklahoma Food Cooperative