*** 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.
Sarah K says
IKEA ME!
I would love love LOVE to spend a year traveling the globe to work with kids.
Rachel P says
IKEA ME!!!
I’d love to help out foster kids and runaway youth
Michele says
IKEA ME!
I would want to help an animal shelter or volunteer at a retirement community. Both places are in need of some love, they aren’t to be left alone and forgotten!
jennifer f says
IKEA ME!
I would spend a year helping bring good design to people who don’t have the means to experience it in their own everyday lives. It’s amazing what good design can do to a community!
Usha says
IKEA Me! If I had a year, I would teach yoga, breathwork & meditation to kids & teenagers so they could grow up with the skills to understand and manage their own stresses, & emotions and be an authentic, positive force in this world!
Lesli says
Ikea Me!
And if I had a year and a hundred grand to make life better for someone, I’d team up with my twin girls and we’d volunteer at nursing homes and implement programs that could make life fun for some seniors. It can get lonely there. :(
Amanda says
IKEA Me!!
I would love to go back to Africa, I went 3 years ago for 2 months on a medical mission trip. I want to go back for at least a year while my husband is deployed. We LOVE ikea!
Jenny says
IKEA Me!
I would try to be a stay at home foster parent.
Stacy says
IKEA ME!
I would spend a year starting a program to teach parenting skills to new parents with special focus on young parents and low-income (though I think everybody could use some tips when they begin parenthood)!
Sarah says
IKEA ME!!!! I would go to Africa and work with orphans.
Christie says
IKEA Me!!
If I could spend one year helping others, I would begin a program to empower teen girls and make them feel special! I would love to do a local version and one overseas, maybe in Asia to help women who are victims of sex trafficking.
Jessicah says
Ikea Me!
I would love to be able to go to countries like Haiti or Pakistan, and spend a year helping people who have suffered from natural disasters, and need a hand getting things back together.
Lara C. says
IKEA me!
I’d want to work with kids about character-building…our world could use more emphasis on doing the right thing and respect and treating others well and inner strength, and our kids have so many wonderful possibilities ahead of them in this world.
Vidya says
IKEA Me!!
I I could spend one year helping other I would use the money to help the children with cleft palate.
janel says
IKEA me! I’d spend the year cooking nutritious comfort foods for those who aren’t able to do it themselves (like those who stay in group houses while their loved ones are being treated at a nearby hospital long-term).
Derrick says
IKEA ME!
I’ve always wanted to work in physicial therapy, so I think it’d be a great opportunity for me to use that time to work with children and adults with physicial disabilities.
Angie G. says
IKEA me! I would get involved with something dealing with personal finance/money management.
Lindsay says
IKEA Me!!! :)
Katie says
IKEA ME!
I’m a sucker for anything animal related, so I’d probably spend the year working for a shelter or animal rescue group.
Nicole says
IKEA Me!
I’d work to get healthier lunches in our schools.
Alicia says
IKEA ME! I would adopt a school in a poverty stricken neighborhod and supply them with the neccesary supplies and programs to help their school strive as well as their community.
Pablo Alvarado says
IKEA ME! Free swimming lessons for inner-city youth.
Vanessa says
IKEA Me!
If we had a year off to help others, we would stay at our friend’s orphanage in Kenya and help out in any way possible.
Charlotte says
IKEA ME!
There are so many things that I would want to do. First, I would help others open their dream businesses, help out rescue animals and do trail clean up for the Sierra Nevada’s.
Miranda says
Ikea me! I am involved with Animal Rescue Foundation in Mobile, AL. If money were no object, I would build this amazing no-kill rescue group a desperately needed new facility. We would then be able to help more animals and raise more awareness about the plight of homeless animals.
Jennifer says
Ikea me!!
I’d help the homeless get back on their feet. help them to find a job and a place to stay etc etc
Brooke says
ikea me!!!
there’s a huge need for helping refugee families relocate and get settled in our country. i would help a needy family and get their apt stocked up with everything they need for the winter
Megan says
IKEA Me
There are so many things to be done and so little time! I would start a non-profit to meet the physical and emotional needs of children who have lost a parent.
Pamela says
IKEA Me
I almost didn’t enter because my idea is not well formed, but it would have to do with immigration reform. Something that would remove the stigma of being an immigrant in a country founded by immigrants.
Lori says
IKEA ME!
I’d love to have a year off to volunteer! Hard to choose the best way to use those funds – literacy program, animal rescue (puppy mills are a big problem in my state) or a better recycling program (currently have nowhere to recycle glass in my area)..?
Sayulita says
IKEA ME! I would work with homeless, abused and neglected dogs, and hopefully set up / expand the companion animal training program at local juvenile detention centers.
Kristen says
IKEA ME!
I’d do freelance grantwriting to small organizations in need.
Joel says
IKEA MEEEE! I would love to have this IKEA giftcard, am about to get married and we could use it really well! If I had a year as a volunteer, I would help children from the street in India.
amy says
IKEA ME!
I would spend a year crafting various things, such as clothes, blankets, mittens and hats for homeless people and people in need.
Anita says
IKEA ME!!!
If I could take a year off to volunteer, I would go to India (where my family is from) to help set up schools, and to set up programs in which poor families with craft skills could sell their wares (like textiles, rugs, curtains, etc…) abroad and make money to live comfortably and sustain those schools.
Mindy says
IKEA ME!!
Zinna says
Ikea Me!!
I would work in a women’s shelter. I volunteered at a women’s shelter as a counselor for a year and a half after undergrad. If I had a year without work commitments, I would probably work more towards building a consortium of shelters in the DC area to organize, coordinate, and pool resources, information, and funding. I would enjoy being able to really leave my mark on a fundamental right of women and children to be safe and secure.
kerry says
IKEA me!
I would do more volunteering at the clinic where I already volunteer and I would also like to help out teaching in the drastically understaffed schools in my area.
Elsa says
IKEA me!I would spend the year working with women leaving abusive environments or abused and neglected animals.
Ashley Harbin says
IKEA Me!!!
I would love to rescue animals!!
Amber says
IKEA Me!
I would definitely do something animal related, something that would benefit both humans and animals in some way.
Sarah F says
Ikea me!!
I would love to travel and build homes with Habitat for Humanity. I think they do really wonderful work.
Michelle @ Dream Home DIY says
IKEA ME!
If I could spend one year helping people, it would be to assist woman and children in abusive relationships find a new, safe, and inviting place to call “home” not “shelter”
Andy says
I would start an after school program to encourage girls in math and science.
Heather says
IKEA me!
–I would love to rescue animals if I didn’t have to have a job and could donate my time!
Liz @ Blog is the New Black says
IKEA ME! Haha
Amy says
IKEA ME!
I would donate my time and services to giving free eye health screenings to those with out insurance benefits.
Melissa says
Ikea me!
I’d spend a year volunteering with our local women’s and children’s shelter.
Shannon Karsies says
Now that I’m a mom of two I would help kids–of any age! They minds are molded from the very start and to help a child grow up with hope and the goals to become great would be overwhelming and rewarding. Who wouldn’t want a solid environment for our little ones who will grow up someday?
IKEA ME!!!
Amy Wolff says
IKEA me!
If I had a whole year off……. I would work with teens that are suicidal since my nephew committed suicide.