*** 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.
carrie says
IKEA ME!!
I would spend a year volunteering with Streetlight Phx. Streetlight’s mission is to provide safe housing, prevent further risk of exploitation and promote healing for victims of child sex slavery.
Tara says
IKEA ME!
I would spend a year teaching reflective writing to “at opportunity” youth in my community!
Teresa says
IKEA me!!!
I need some closet organizer stuff.
Heather Sheffer says
IKEA ME!!! I’d love to spend a year working with low-income women providing diapers and clothes to babies and children. This is an area where government aid falls short way too often.
Kate C. says
Ikea me!
Amanda says
IKEA ME!
My architect hubby and I would love to build sustainable housing for low income families!
Saresponda says
IKEA ME!
I’d be interested in teaching Classics in prisons, if there is such a program.
Chris10 says
IKEA Me! I would love to volunteer with homeless veterans.
Kocavana says
Ikea Me! Clean water aid in Africa!
Emily C. says
Ikea me! You’re our inspiration to work on our first house too :) This would be so helpful!
Ashley J says
IKEA ME!
misa says
ikea me!
i’ve always been interested in helping people live in more organized, functional homes. kind of like clean house but without the lackluster reveals. it would be especially awesome to help people who had to relocate due to foreclosure or the loss of their home in an environmental disaster.
Kara says
IKEA ME!
I would volunteer with reading programs in the public schools in my area.
Sasha says
IKEA ME! Great giveaway :)
Kathryn Cornelius says
Ikea Me!
I would love to spend a year teaching web design/development to our youth who will not receive this type of education in their school systems.
Sarah K. F. says
IKEA Me!
I think I’d like to volunteer for NYC public schools in some way.
Tracy says
IKEA ME!!
I would start a non-profit to assist people misplaced in house fires get set up in a new dwelling (in fact, have the business model in my head! ; )
KARA says
IKEA Me! I would spend the year pairing children and the elderly for an adopt a grandparent program…win win!
alli says
IKEA ME!
I would work with micro financing organization KIVA encouraging others with loans for their business.
kristen says
IKEA ME… and I’d love to spend a year helping out at an orphanage in Honduras (where I lived for a few months while student teaching)!
Alison says
IKEA ME! I would spend my year working with the SHE project!
Jennifer says
IKEA me!!
I would volunteer at battered womens shelters. I’m a liscensed cosmetologist and I would love to do their hair and make-up. I think it would be special for them to feel beautiful especially since alot of times in these circumstances the women establish very low self esteem and self worth.
LaRae Davenport says
IKEA me!
…I would spend a year working at a soup kitchen OR I would open a home for homeless teens. Both are such passions of mine!
Sarah Barnes says
IKEA ME!
If I could take a year off I would lead self-esteem and media literacy workshops for young girls!
reagan says
IKEA ME!!! If I had a “free” year, I would spend it cooking for homeless men, women and children.
emily brown says
IKEA ME!!!!
I would love to volunteer full-time at the Birmingham Dream Center! A wonderful place where God performs miracles everyday!
http://churchofthehighlands.com/dreamcenter/
Jamie says
IKEA ME!
lazysmurf says
“IKEA Me!”
I would want to help sea turtles in Costa Rica.
Jen says
IKEA ME!
I would spend a year helping out the Make a Wish organization :-)
Hilary B says
IKEA ME! I would volunteer for a crisis pregnancy center. It would be very rewarding!
Taylor says
IKEA ME! I’d love to work with one of our area animal shelters. Caring for those who bring so much fulfillment to my life would be a joy!
Michelle says
IKEA ME!!
Corrie says
“IKEA ME!”.
If my husband and I had 100,000 we would plant a church:)
Alice says
IkEA ME! I’d travel around the country helping with habitat for humanity homes.
Dana E says
IKEA ME!!!!!
Oh wow do I love that store. My husband and spent last winter flipping our first house from an uninhabitable shell of a house to a house that has new HVAC, electrical, kitchen, new layout. I would use this money to improve & rehabilitate the downtown area of our city.
Jamie says
IKEA ME!
I’d like to think that raising 3 kids to be productive kind people would count as helping other people. I did, however, have a dream when I was a child to build a spaghetti factory big enough to feed everyone who was ever hungry. I wonder how much that would cost. . .
Kelly Baker says
IKEA Me!
Jessica says
IKEA ME!
I’d love to spend a year working with local school districts to work on improving arts in schools
Theresa says
IKEA me!
What a generous give away!
I’d do something to help in our local community.
Holli J says
IKEA ME!! I live in Portland, Oregon and I already spend wayyyyy too much time at IKEA! :) it’s an all-day excursion for the boyfriend and I.
I am currently on the board of a small non-profit organization that myself and some co-workers started up about 5-6 years ago, if I had a year to take off and just give back to the community I would definitely like to put more time into our organization, and….oh I don’t even know the possibilities seem absolutely endless and amazing! :) I currently volunteer at different children’s hospitals, Ronald McDonald House, etc. in the area so I would like to definitely be able to donate more of my time to those….and then if I had $100,000 to go along with a year off for volunteering, I think I would definitely work my hardest to end teen homelessness in Portland :)
Kassy says
IKEA ME!
Open a fun afterschool program with sports, baking and opportunites for the kids to find ways to help others!
Valerie says
IKEA ME!
I would spend the year working to end childhood hunger in the United States. It’s an ambitious goal, but achievable if we all work together.
Rebekah W says
IKEA ME!
I would love to spend a year with the Sea Shepards defending the whales from poachers!!
Jen says
IKEA ME!!!
I would definitely do something international, possibly in economic development or human rights!
Debbie says
IKEA ME!!
I would love to spend a year working with Habitat for Humanity.
cailen says
ikea me! if i could spend a year helping other, i would definitely do something with animals (especially dogs). my fiance and i adopted a little dog last year and she’s just a joy! i would love to rescue more : )
ps saw you on nate berkus today! very cool
Jessica says
IKEA Me!
I would start a non profit after school kids program focusing on being active. No more sitting at home watching TV when there are all sorts of things to do. Let’s reinvent childhood imagination.
Twila says
IKEA ME…………I would help DONATE LIFE, my husband is a heart transplant patient, they are a GREAT for awareness=)
Emma says
IKEA me! Luckily I get to help people all the time in my work – making sure low-income teenagers get great health education.
sharon says
IKEA me!
If I could take a year off work, I’d work at a charity here in my city that helps underprivileged kids with tutoring and underprivileged adults with job skills.