Week 1 - The Long Haul

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Dear Sisters,   This week there are two tasks:   1. Get some stickers, round ( say with a 3/4 - 1 inch diameter) or rectagular (like file labels) that you can write on. We will be placing a sticker with an expiration date on each thing we add to our year long storage. Choose a color you will notice, because when you rotate it out to use, you will need to immediately repurchase it for the year storage. 2. Identify a place in your home where you will be storing your year's supply. 3. First thing to add this week: SALT. There are debates as to whether it should be iodized or plain. You are welcome to read the debates on the internet, but ultimately the choice is yours.   We will be trying to keep the budget each week at about $5 for every 2 people in your family. (For a family of 4 the budget will be $10 a week, etc.) To give you an idea of pricing, Walmart has a deal where if you buy 24 containers of salt (1 lb 10 oz per container) you get them for 89 cents a container.   So, this week, the goal is to purchase 5 containers of salt for every 2 people in your family, put a sticker on each container with the expiration date, and put it in your identified storage place.  And know, dear sisters that YE are the salt of the earth!   Happy Salt hunting.

Week 1 - Provident Pantry

Dear Sisters,

Here we go!!

This week the task is to design menus for 9 days.  Please include menus for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack. A heads up, since this is a 3 month storage, you will probably not be using fresh fruits and vegetables, so be thinking canned/frozen/dried. These menus should be meals that your family enjoys and are a regular part of your family's everyday eating.

Another heads up: next week will probably be the most time consuming piece of this project as you will be submitting a list of ingredients for all the menus, so if next week is going to be super busy, feel free to get a head start on that this week.

Have fun creating your menus. Can't wait to see them,

Week 1 - 72 Crew

Here is a possible checklist to use for the 72 hour kits we will be creating.

http://lds.about.com/library/bl/preparation/72_hour_kit.pdf   Hi Team,   Yay, it is Week 1 of our getting prepared.   Within this group there will be 3 mini support groups. Some weeks the mini groups will have different tasks. Some weeks we will all have the same task. This week it is a bit of a combo.   Red Team (starting from scratch or re-scratch)   Yellow Team (somewhere in the middle)   Blue Team (needs refreshing)     RED Team 1. Get a cardboard box and label it 72 hr kit   2. Identify the spot in which you are going to keep your 72 hour kit - think easily accessible.   3. Decide what permanent kind of travel container you are going to want to carry your 72 hr kit. There are pros and cons of various kinds. Do you want it on rollers? Do you want it all in backpacks? Think sturdy and transportable. Do a little "window" shopping on the internet and identify what you think you want and how much it will cost.   4. For every two people in your family, put $5 in an envelope labeled For 72 Hour Kit Container and put it in your cardboard box above or in another safe place.   5. Print out the pdf file at the beginning of this email and put it in your cardboard box.   YELLOW Team Print out the pdf at the beginning of this email, mark off everything that you have and scan and email it back to me. If you have another list you are working from, please just send that to me.   BLUE Team Ah, bless your hearts, this is probably the toughest task this week.   1. Pull out your 72 hour kit(s), check all expiration dates of perishable things, and throw away everything that is past its use by date. If you have husband and kids, schedule this at a time that all of them can help you do this.   2. Print out the pdf at the beginning of this and put it with your 72 hour kit.   Onward, ever onward. Let me know as you complete your tasks, and have fun.