***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Random.org has selected the two random folks who are about to get $100 to IKEA. And they are… Jennifer (who improves lives by teaching and will also be adopting a child from Ethiopia) and Ashley (who says needs some improvement for herself). Congrats!
If you take one thing away from this post, it should be this: two people are winning $100 gift cards to IKEA this week. Woot! But if you have room for a second thing, know that it’s because Ikea is hosting their second annual Life Improvement Project that, among other things (like hilariously helpful “instructions” for living a better life) includes another $100,000 Life Improvement Sabbatical Contest. So if you’ve got a great idea about how to help others, IKEA will give you one year and one hundred grand to make it happen. Last year’s winner (whose video can be seen here) was actually from right here in Virginia. Double woot!
- PRIZE: An $100 gift card to IKEA, courtesy of the IKEA Life Improvement Project
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “IMPROVE ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: …how you’d like to improve the lives of others. Do you have a special skill or talent that you could leverage? Or is there a specific cause or area of need that you’d like to dedicate yourself too?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, October 12 at 8pm EST (or at 10,000 entries)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
- PRIZE SHIPS: The continental 48 United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We weren’t paid or perked for hosting this giveaway, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of IKEA Life Improvement Project
Janel says
IMPROVE ME!
I would love to have the means to help orphan Kids, they not only need food and shelter, they need loving and compasionate people who can take the time to teach them and help them grow up to be succesful human beings.
Amy says
Improve me! I would like to go to Central America to help children with cleft palates.
jleanusroan says
Improve me!
stacy says
Improve Me! Pretty pretty pretty please!
Julie says
Improve me! I’m a pediatric nurse, so I hope I make a difference in a few lives through my job.
Christen says
IMPROVE ME!
Tala says
IMPROVE ME! I’m in my first months of a Master’s in Human Development Counseling. I’m learning more about this awesome helping profession…and about myself!
Crystal C says
IMPROVE ME!
Stefanie says
IMPROVE ME! Through volunteer efforts, I am working to help make sure that disadvantaged youth have excellent after-school programming to assist them in learning, but also keep them away from harmful activites.
Emily says
Improve me! I would love to help our library’s adult literacy program when my kids get a wee bit older.
Tuli says
IMPROVE ME!
I’m focusing on improving the lives of my family and those I care about around me right now!
Neha says
IMPROVE ME!
I just like to spread cheer wherever i go… :) i find tht being happy n hopeful gives the strength to face life through everything!
Meghan says
IMPROVE ME!! I would love to help underprivileged kids and show them good role models and how to dream big.
Kelli S. says
IMPROVE ME!
I am a teacher. Enough said.
Andrea says
IMPROVE ME!
I want to help better design the living spaces of elderly people so that they are both beautiful and functional.
Carollyn says
Improve me! I am a psychology major who hopes to help change lives of the mentally ill/challenged. I aspire to open an organic farm where patients can do their therapies and sell the food they grow locally.
tigermoon says
IMPROVE ME! Animals are generally my volunteering focus – would love to start a feral spaying program in my hometown.
Nicole Y. says
Improve me! I would love to teach young girls about positive body image and good things to place their confidence and trust in.
marissa says
Improve me!
Continuing to smile to brighten people’s days, but also to keep on being a sounding board to struggling youth :)
Toby pearson says
IMPROVE ME!
I’m a teacher and get paid well for tutoring on the side. I’d love to be able to provide a service to help those students in need (largely minority children) that can’t afford special one on one tutoring.
Breanna says
IMPROVE ME! Someday I hope to start a bible study for individuals with cognitive disabilities.
Erin says
IMPROVE ME! I want to be a sounding board with no strategy or judgment.
Dara Jarvis says
Improve me!
Jacki says
IMPROVE ME!!
I love helping out in the community however/whenever I can :)
Meag says
IMPROVE ME, Please! I’d like to save the world by ridding it of toxins (especially in our food supply)!
Jennifer says
Improve Me
I would like to help get kids moving- play=excercise
wendy says
IMPROVE ME!!!! I want to volunteer more for Planned Parenthood and help women feel empowered to love their bodies!
Andrea Lombard says
Improve Me! If I had the opportunity to do so I would like to teach financial literacy to young people.
CarrieO says
IMPROVE ME!
I’d love to do something with babies/kids.
Reba says
IMPROVE ME!
I live in a community with a lot of older people and I help them when I can.
Steph at Modern Parents Messy Kids says
IMPROVE ME!
Laine says
IMPROVE ME! I would love to be able to dedicate time to helping counsel/mentor young women.
Delia says
Improve Me, I would like to be more understanding of those around me. It is so easy to react to a circumstance and not be aware of what people have gone through before I see them. I want to project positive attitudes to people I see because one bad interaction can really ruin your day.
Ashley Weiss says
IMPROVE ME!
I would like to train my dog to be a therapy animal in hospitals!
Maureen @This (Kinda) Old House says
IMPROVE ME! I would like to help out local animal shelters.
Mrs. LIAYF says
IMPROVE ME!!
Our family doesn’t need this gift card because we mostly buy thrifted and have plenty. However, we give to our neighborhood giving tree every Christmas and this gift card would be wonderful to put on the tree. The giving tree sponsors a women’s shelter and each year I am touched by the kind of requests made by the mothers for their new homes and apartments – furniture, simple bedding and towels, and basic home comforts. It always makes me grateful for what I have.
I love my job and feel I help people every day, so I wouldn’t take a sabbatical. However, I would invest $100,000 n a local kitchen garden program for low income people who are currently receiving food assistance. Low income people would be provided a complete kitchen garden – raised beds, soil, seeds, plants and basic gardening tools, to supplement their food assistance benefits. We have a tilth program that is staffed mainly by volunteers, so $100,000 could go a long way.
Katie says
Improve me por favor!
Christina M says
Hi!
IMPROVE ME!
Julie says
IMPROVE ME! I want to help raise awareness about SIDS and child sleep safety.
querencia says
Improve Me! please.
steff says
IMPROVE ME!
I think I can help people find clothes they love for less – I always end up shopping for others in the clearance racks!
Bethany says
IMPROVE ME! I love what Children’s Hunger Fund does to provide for children and their families around the world.
Erika says
IMPROVE ME! I would like to do something in the field of teaching.
river1 says
IMPROVE ME!!!
Michelle Kersey says
Improve me!
I’m a photographer, and I would love to travel around taking portraits for families battling cancer. My mom was recently diagnosed with cancer and I made it a point to take some portraits of her before chemo started…
wynonah says
IMPROVE ME
I would like to help people, especially young women, realize that each person has great potential and that weak things can be made into strengths.
Jennifer says
IMPROVE ME!
Working on building my photography skillz, so I can start up a business. Would love to shoot all of the little moments in a family and capture them for all time.
Madi says
IMPROVE ME!
I would love to be able to help abused, abandoned, and neglected animals. I would love to be able to take in dogs and help them learn to love and trust again before they can find a loving home.
Katie says
Improve me! I’d like to help people access healthy, local food.
Madison P says
IMPROVE ME! I would love to be able to open a food kitchen or food bank in my town. There are a few of them in the larger towns nearby but nothing that is really in the community where people need it.