*** 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.
MaryJo says
IKEA ME!
I would love to provide graphic design for free to local non-profits!
Kristin Zamora says
IKEA ME!
I would love to identify specific needs that are within my community and then come up with practical ways we can help meet those needs. However, I would love to raise awareness within our community to benefit organizations like Children’s Hunger Fund, Invisible Children, and She Dances. These organizations focus on children that are in desperate need of food, shelter, and protection from child trafficking.
Anna Jolley says
IKEA ME! I would travel to China and help in the orphanages!
Kerry says
IKEA ME!
Habitat for Humanity
Kelly Carlson says
IKEA ME!
If I could take a year off to volunteer, it would be to help others through two of my passions-dogs and yoga, perhaps fostering dogs and then hosting Doga classes to people who’ve lost their pets through natural disasters….
Cheryl says
IKEA ME! I would work a year with Circles, a program to help those who want to get out of poverty for good.
Alicia says
IKEA Me!
If I had a year to make a difference, I would work with kids placed in emergency shelters – they are meant to be temporary but often the kids celebrate several birthdays before being placed with a family.
Sara says
IKEA ME!!
I would definately work at an animal shelter for a year!
Jenna says
IKEA ME!
I would spend a year with the make a wish foundation if I could. That would be amazing.
Blair R says
IKEA ME! Would love to use this $350 towards something we’ve been inspired by from your blog!
AND if I could take a year off to help others…I’d try to help out/teach at an underprivileged school (either here, across the country, or across the world). Education is SO key.
Melissa says
IKEA Me!
I would definitely spend the year helping animals in some way.
Michelle Kersey says
IKEA ME!
I’d work with habitat for humanity and the local animal shelter. Two causes I’d love to support more if I had the time.
Annie P. says
IKEA ME!
Carrie says
IKEA ME!! I’d love to do something like rescue animals, or work at an animal shelter. And I’m excited for the day when I can volunteer in my boys’ classrooms at school (they’re 2 and 4). I also have a friend who volunteers at a local theater and then she gets to see the plays for free :) Fun!
Jennifer Hosking says
IKEA ME!!!!!
Sona says
IKEA ME!
Jenny says
IKEA ME!! I would love to spend a whole year working with Habitat for Humanity.
gloria says
IKEA ME!
I would get involved with some kind of art rehabilitation.
Michelle Chin says
“IKEA Me!”
I would help raise money (that’s what I did professional until recently) for organizations focusing on children, women’s health, and promoting the arts.
BreAnne Benzel says
I’d help out with animal shelters in my area. I recently adopted the cutest puppy, Belle, in the world and going into those shelters was heartbreaking.
Jackie says
IKEA ME! What a great give-a-way! I would spend a year helping in an orphanage…perhaps one in South Africa…thanks
RC says
Please IKEA Me!
Since I’m a graphic designer, I would love to be able to volunteer my services for free to non-profit organizations in need: designing educational materials, training materials, informational posters, etc.
Julie says
IKEA ME! I would spend a year helping parents become better parents!
Heather O'Brien says
IKEA ME!!! I would help people who are disabled from ALS (Lou Gehrigs disease), since my grandfather passed from it earlier this year.
Becky says
IKEA Me!
jon says
IKEA ME!
I would love to open an after school program for math tutoring.
Mandi says
I would most love to provide a source for safe, quality, cheap-as-free day-and-evening-care for single mothers so they can seek education that will help provide for their families without having to worry about the safety of their children during.
Dense says
IKEA ME! I would love to win this to decorate our new nursery!
Ashley R says
Ikea ME!!!
I would spending raising awareness for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH).
Sarah says
IKEA ME!!!! I would love to work with/open a free after school tutoring program.
cvjn says
IKEA ME!!!
Selena says
IKEA ME!
I would love to spend a year volunteering for Habitat for Humanity!
Mundy Hackett says
IKEA me!
I would spend a year doing two things.
Fostering rescued wildlife, and
Helping with Project Healing Waters to teach wounded Veterans to fly-fish.
Carina says
IKEA ME! I would work with children in some capacity.
Mandi says
IKEA ME!!
I think would most love to provide a source for safe, quality, cheap-as-free day-and-evening-care for single mothers so they can seek education that will help provide for their families without having to worry about the safety of their children during.
Aimee says
IKEA ME!
As a teacher, I’m really invested in public education. I would try to find the poorest school district in the U.S., and help them improve their school so that students would be more motivated to attend high school. It is a dream of mine to donate money to a poor urban high school.
whitney ross says
ikea me!
Tamara says
IKEA ME!!!
If I could take a year off, I’d like to work with homeowners who are struggling in this foreclosure crisis.
Christie Tidd says
IKEA ME!
I would love start up art classes for kids, involve them more in the art world as it seems to be the first to go in school these days. I would love to participate in mission trips with our church and volunteer for local events and 5k runs. The possibilities and ideas are endless!
Rebecca says
“IKEA Me!” I would open a food bank!
Erin West says
IKEA Me!
With one year off, I would work on eradicating hunger in the US. It’s embarrassing that so many people inside our “first world” country don’t know where their next meal will come from!
Mandi says
IKEA ME! If I could take one year off and volunteer my time, I would work at an art center for kids.
Jenna says
IKEA ME! I definitely would love to spend a year working at a animal rescue shelter.
Rachel S says
IKEA Me!
If I could spend one year helping others, I would be the house parents at an orphanage in Latin America. I’ve always wanted to have lots of children, and so many children all over the world are hurting emotionally, physically, and spiritually and need the love my husband and I can give them.
Teale says
IKEA ME!
If I had a year to volunteer I would love to work with the American Cancer Society, to help them work on their birthday campaign, because everybody needs more birthday!
Mallory says
IKEA ME!
I would love to take in and foster golden retrievers through my city’s rescue league.
Sara D. says
Ikea me! I would love to work with Save the Children and their reading program in the Appalachians. That would be awesome!
Lindsey says
IKEA ME!!
I would spend a year working with the Streetlight Ministry in my area that helps get teenage girls off the streets and out of the sex slave industry, teaching them how valuable they are.
Lan C. says
IKEA Me!
I would like to spend a year as a volunteer doula helping to support mothers/families by aiding them to have the birth experience they want in a hospital/other setting.
Larson says
IKEA Me!
Bonus Question – I’d like to help send craftsman to third-world countries to apprentice the jobless in skills like farming and building. Kind of like doctor’s without borders – the whole “teach a man to fish” concept.