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Fab Freebie: IKEA, IKEA, IKEA!

*** 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.

Ikea Catalog

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.

Ikea Life Improvement Proje

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.

Comments

  1. Sarah Smith says

    IKEA Me!

    That is a tough choice to make! I would divide my year helping my favorite animal rescue in LA, Kitten Rescue, and the missions down in Skid Row that support homeless children and mothers(Sad fact: did you know the average age of the homeless person in America is 9?) My favorite non-profit there is Schools On Wheels, a free tutoring program for youngsters to help them stay in school and develop habits to positively impact their future.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  3. Caroline Glenn says

    IKEA ME!

    Definitely something with children. Ideally, helping lower income families with education, school needs. After school programs, tutoring, more mentors, hands on type activities.

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  6. Alyssa says

    IKEA ME!!!! I love Ikea, even though we don’t have one near us! I would like to either help improve schools that have been neglected, or cook for the hungry!

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  12. Lindsey says

    Ikea me!!!

    If I could take a one-year sabbatical I would probably work to improve my community’s Junior League chapter. I am a member, and I really enjoy helping women and children in need. Our chapter is very small, and we have a tight budget, so I would volunteer to be the office staff to take that salary off the books for a year as well as go to some of the national conferences to learn what works and doesn’t work for other leagues around the nation.

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  13. Jessica says

    IKEA ME!

    I worked in a non-profit all through high school and it was an after school program/ peer to peer mentoring group, and other programs. It was an amazing program with a lot of success stories and I’d love to see more of that where I currently live.

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  16. Rebecca says

    IKEA ME!

    You could find me in an orphanage. There are to many little ones without love! In fact, forget a year, if I had the resources I would run an orphanage for the rest of my life!

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  17. margie says

    Ikea me.. PLEASE!!!

    I already foster Bulldogs so I would stay home and do it full time so I could foster more! aww just the thought makes me happy!!

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  21. Scott McCracken says

    IKEA Me!

    As a dog owner and web designer, I’d love to go around the country to animal shelters and help them improve their online presence in order to help find animals loving homes faster.

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  22. kelly says

    IKEA ME!

    i would love to spend the year working with a new group called the Mercy House, a home that will be opening in Kenya soon for pregnant girls- covering everything from mental health issues to stigmas to prenatal/health care/nutrition to job skills for family sustainability. amazing group and amazing need!

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  23. Megs says

    IKEA ME!
    My dream is to provide women’s health services to the impoverished Latino community here (or abroad). Yo quiero Ikea ;)

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  26. Melissa says

    IKEA Me!

    If I could spend one year helping others I would create a childcare service for parents that have a child in the hospital. They could use the free services for their other children not in the hospital or if they need someone to stay with their child in the hospital. It would be like a Child Life program but not limited to services for the kids in the hospital. We do not have any services like that in my area and it is very needed.

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  27. Belinda says

    **IKEA ME**

    I would love to be able to help children who are abused / neglected by their parents. I can’t imagine how a parent can do that to their child. I have so much sympathy for those poor children who are treated badly by the people who should be protecting them. I’s so sad.

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  31. DrayaAnn says

    IKEA Me!!!

    Wow…amazing giveaway! If I won I’d open a free daycare in my house for parents who cant afford childcare and need to work. We’re about to have our first baby so anything I can do to help kids and show my own kids what helping others means is what I want to be a part of!

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  34. Kim says

    “IKEA ME! I’d travel overseas and help young girls in East Asia get an education and get out of the sex trade industry!”

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  38. Mary S says

    IKEA ME!
    If we could take a year, my husband and I would take a missions trip so he could donate his medical expertise and I could teach English. There are so many possible, needy countries; I don’t even know which one.

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  41. Martha says

    Ikea Me!!!! I would spend the year educating about agriculture – where our food comes from, animal welfare, safety, preservation of land… It is so important for everyone to understand the importance of agriculture in our everday lives (even if you don’t see a cow on a daily basis. (: )

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  44. Brittanie says

    Ikea Me!

    I’d take that year and be a surrogate mother. I would love to do that! Obviously it would only be for one couple, but it would be a world of a difference for them.

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  45. Andrea says

    IKEA Me!

    I currently do animal rescue & would love to implement an education program for kids regarding animal care and spaying & neuting. There are also so many feral cats (and dogs) in my area, just spending a year catching, spaying/neuting & releasing would be great.

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  47. Alisa D says

    Ikea me!

    Tough one… I would do something for kids… fundraise for children’s charities or maybe volunteer in a peds program at the local hospital or then maybe I’d mentor/tutor kids at local schools. I always enjoy volunteering for Habitat for Humanity so that could be a good option for me too…

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