Week 12 - 72 Crew

Hi,

How's it going?  This week we are going to finish putting toiletries in our 72 hour kits.

The first thing is to make sure each person in your family has a wash cloth and a towel.  I am not recommending the big fluffy kind, because of space, nor anything new, necessarily, but simply something that does the job.  If we had to evacuate to a shelter of some kind in an emergency, we probably would not get the luxury of a shower/bath for a few days, but we certainly could clean up much like they did in the days where there were no indoors bathrooms.

Hopefully, you can simply take an older wash cloth and towel for each person from your existing supply.  For some of you, putting a towel into your 72 hour kit for each person may rather exhaust your regular supply of towels.  I would encourage you to check out discount places and dollar store types of places.  Again, hopefully you can get your cloths and towels into your kits for under $5 this week.  Anyone that finds a good deal, please alert the rest of us.

Of course, if you do not need to spend money on these items, tuck the $5 away in your savings envelope for other items you will be needing.

In finishing up the toiletries, the other items I will list here, are optional, or not, depending on your family's needs/outlook.  Please feel free to add them now, or to add them during another week when perhaps you already have the item of the week.

1.  Dental floss
2.  Travel container of mouthwash
3.  Razor
4.  Shaving cream
5.  Deodorant
6.  Lotion
7.  Cotton swabs

And, of course, if you have a baby, diapers and wipes are important.

Anyone think of anything else that falls under the general heading of hygiene/toiletries that we might need in our 72 hour kits?

Hygenically yours,
Marie