IKEA Long Island Chooses YES Community Counseling Center as the Winner of the IKEA Life Improvement Challenge 2016
(Hicksville, NY 5/9/16) –IKEA Long Island is pleased to announce that YES Community Counseling Center is the winner of this store’s IKEA Life Improvement Challenge and will be receiving a makeover. Additionally, first runner up The Hicksville Boys & Girls Club and second runner up the John Theissen Children’s Foundation will be receiving product donations.
YES Community Counseling Center, headquartered in Massapequa, NY, was awarded a makeover from the IKEA Long Island store located in Hicksville. The makeover will enable YES Commerce Plaza in Levittown to renovate a kitchen. This kitchen makeover will enable the area to be used by students.
Across the U.S., there was a total of 43 charitable organizations who won IKEA makeovers and 77 other charities, who were first and second runner ups, won an IKEA product donation.
IKEA wants to play a part in creating a better life for the many people, as well as communities touched by IKEA business. While IKEA works on a global level to improve the lives of people in developing countries, IKEA also wants to be a good neighbor in its local communities. The IKEA Life Improvement Co-worker challenge is one way to make a difference closer to home.
How the IKEA Life Improvement Challenge Works:
Each year, IKEA receives many inspiring proposals from IKEA co-workers as candidates for the campaign. Then the IKEA steering committee - at each store - selects up to three organizations for co-workers and customers to vote online (this year’s voting period was March 27- April 10). The charitable organization, from each store market, with the highest number of online votes becomes the winner, and the 2nd and 3rd place winners receive an IKEA product donation.
IKEA U.S. started the IKEA Life Improvement Challenge in 2011, and since then over 200 local charities have received over $1 million in IKEA products, design expertise, and manpower.
For more information on the winners, read here:
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/this-is-ikea/people-and-planet/life-improvement-challenge/index.html
Contact: YES Community Counseling Center
Jamie Bogenshutz, Executive Director of YES Community Counseling Center (516) 799-3203
Contact: IKEA Long Island
Lynn Montuori, Local Marketing Specialist (516) 681-4682 extension 1336
About YES Community Counseling Center:
YES’ mission is to increase awareness about personal and community issues, prevent and treat substance abuse, and to promote healthy families and a safe community.
YES Community Counseling Center provides comprehensive evidence based support, prevention and treatment services to children, families and adults in central and southeastern Nassau County. Helping our community members to navigate challenging times, the agency offers services related to drug and alcohol use and addiction, child abuse and domestic violence, divorce, death, suicide, self-esteem and many other issues.
About IKEA Group
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea supports this vision by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. There are currently 328 IKEA Group stores in 28 countries. Additionally, there are 40 IKEA stores run by franchises. There are 41 IKEA stores in the U.S. In FY 15, IKEA Group had 771 million visitors to the stores and 1.9 billion visitors to IKEA.com. IKEA incorporates sustainability into day-to-day business and supports initiatives that benefit children and the environment. For more information, please visit www.IKEA.com, facebook.com/IKEAUSA, @IKEA_LongIsland, @IKEAUSANews, @IKEAUSA, http://pinterest.com/IKEAUSA/, www.youtube.com/IKEAUSA, www.theshare-space.com,www.theshare-space.com/en/Blog
