There are several links included to help you follow through with this month's To Do list. Most of the links come from Food Storage Made Easy. For the monthly hand-out in PDF format, click here.
□ Family Emergency Plan - Review this section with your family and fill out “Emergency Contact Information”
□ 72 Hour Kit - Inventory and gather what you already have for supplies
□ 72 Hour Kit - Purchase/make your 72 hour food kits, including water - There will be a Relief Society Preparedness class, "Preparing 72 Hour Kits" taught by Denise Killingsworth on April 22nd at 7 p.m. at Virginia Dolan's home or on April 23rd at 10 a.m. in the Relief Society room.
Here are a few more resources for creating 72 hour kits to meet your family's needs:
*72 Hour Kits for Babies and Toddlers
*72 Hour Kits for Pets
□ Emergency Binder - compile/copy the documents for your Emergency binder
□ Evacuation List - Fill out your grab list in order of priority.
□ Evacuation List - Purchase/compile your car kit items and put them in your trunk.
FHE idea- Discuss the Family Emergency Plan, practice what to do in case of a disaster, fire, hurricane, flood, etc. Discuss Evacuation Plan, fill out Emergency Contact Information and help kids memorize contact person's phone number. Decide what to include in your Grab List.
□ Meal Preparation- Make a meal using beans, lentils and dried onions from last month's cooking class
□ Attend Long-Term Food Storage Cooking Class on Thursday, April 22nd at 7 p.m. at Virginia Dolan's home or on Friday, April 23rd at 10 a.m. in the Relief Society Room (this class will be done by 11:15 for those who want to attend play group) and learn how to cook with rice, macaroni, and spaghetti. Sign up to order these foods from the cannery on June 3 or 5.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Food Storage Made Easy Binder ~ Group order
If you are interested in getting a copy of the Food Storage Made Easy Binder, Virginia Dolan is willing to put together a group order.
The cost will be $3 per copy if we can get a minimum of 15 orders or $5 per copy if we can get a minimum of 5 orders. You can get lifetime upgrades for an additional $7.
If you are interested in the group order, contact Virginia Dolan at virginia@dolancorp.us
You can also sign up to get the Baby Step Checklists for free by e-mail. You will get one checklist every two weeks for a year.
The following people have expressed an interest in the group order:
S. Carey
A. Elliott
N. Gale
D. Killingsworth
M. Wilkes
The cost will be $3 per copy if we can get a minimum of 15 orders or $5 per copy if we can get a minimum of 5 orders. You can get lifetime upgrades for an additional $7.
If you are interested in the group order, contact Virginia Dolan at virginia@dolancorp.us
You can also sign up to get the Baby Step Checklists for free by e-mail. You will get one checklist every two weeks for a year.
The following people have expressed an interest in the group order:
S. Carey
A. Elliott
N. Gale
D. Killingsworth
M. Wilkes
Resources
Angie Merrill provided a copy of an Excel spreadsheet she uses to track her short term food storage:
Short Term Food Storage Tracking Spreadsheet
Additional Resources:
Information on Food Storage Shelf Life (from Food Storage Made Easy)
Long Term Food Storage Calculator and Inventory (from Food Storage Made Easy)
Short Term Food Storage Tracking Spreadsheet
Additional Resources:
Information on Food Storage Shelf Life (from Food Storage Made Easy)
Long Term Food Storage Calculator and Inventory (from Food Storage Made Easy)
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Relief Society Food Storage Cooking Class
There will be a monthly class, taught by different teachers, on different food storage items. By the end of the year, you will have an idea of how to use all items offered at the church cannery!
You can access the cooking class schedule below:
Long term food storage cooking class schedule
You can read more about long term food storage recommendations here.
You can access the cooking class schedule below:
Long term food storage cooking class schedule
You can read more about long term food storage recommendations here.
Cannery dates
Here are the upcoming cannery dates through the end of the year: (download your cannery order form here) You can get additional information about the cannery dates, including the hours by checking out the 2010 Cannery Schedule
May 13th (orders must be turned in by the end of March)
June 3rd and June 5th (orders must be turned in by the end of April)
July 1st and July 24th (orders must be turned in by the end of May)
August 5th and August 7th (orders must be turned in by the end of June)
September 2nd and September 11th (orders must be turned in by the end of July)
October 7th and October 9th (orders must be turned in by the end of August)
November 4th and November 6th (orders must be turned in by the end of September)
December 2nd (orders must be turned in by the end of October)
May 13th (orders must be turned in by the end of March)
June 3rd and June 5th (orders must be turned in by the end of April)
July 1st and July 24th (orders must be turned in by the end of May)
August 5th and August 7th (orders must be turned in by the end of June)
September 2nd and September 11th (orders must be turned in by the end of July)
October 7th and October 9th (orders must be turned in by the end of August)
November 4th and November 6th (orders must be turned in by the end of September)
December 2nd (orders must be turned in by the end of October)
Friday, March 19, 2010
Recipes using beans and lentils
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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