Week 2 for 72 Hour Kits

This week for your 72 hour kit buy your water for your backpacks or whatever you are storing it in. There are a few different options for water.

1. Water bottles, they are easy and cheap to get for your backpacks but can be awkward to store in your kits. They are also very easy to rotate because you can always buy new ones easily at the store.

2. Water pouches, they are a little bit more expensive but can lay flat and you can easily store them in your packs. They have a 5 year shelf life as opposed to a 1 year shelf life so you don't need to rotate it as often however they are a little harder to drink out of unless you have a cup in your pack.







3. Water boxes. They are in the shape of a juice box and also have a 5 year shelf life but are also more expensive.



Also it is VERY IMPORTANT to have money in your packs for emergencies as well. We may not have debit cards or credit cards to be able to use due to electricity being out and things like that. They say to put low dollar amounts and coins in your packs so start with $1 bills. Through this weekly challenge store $1 in each person's pack every week until you have $100 and then start adding $5 and $10 bills to each pack. You never know if you will need to get gas or anything like that. So this week put $1 in each of your packs and continue on each week doing the same. If you don't have enough money then put what you can. Even if it's just a quarter.

Week 4 Challenge

This week get 8 cans of tomato soup for every two adults in your family. Remember that if you follow these weekly challenges you will have your years supply in 52 weeks. Go ahead and jump in wherever you can!

72 hour kits Week by Week

I will be teaching a class on 72 hour kits at my home this thursday at 7:00 pm. If you want to learn more about them and what to put in them then come and see! I will be posting a week by week to do list to be able to build your own kits from home and in a broken up way so that it isn't too overwhelming. So for the first week your to do list is.......

If you are just starting or will be seriously re-vamping your kit, you should start by deciding how you want to package it:

• It needs to be something you can carry relatively easily.
• It needs to be durable.
• It should be as lightweight as possible.

If you’ve already got your kit and will just be updating it, then take a week off!
Here are a few ideas I’ve seen (and my opinions on them). Feel free to share your ideas and opinions if you’ve got them in the comments below:

Option #1: A cooler or suitcase on wheels

• Easy to drag behind you, meaning you don’t have to actually carry it.
• May be difficult to use over tough terrain.
• Would be heavy / difficult if you ever DID have to carry it.
• Durable.

Option #2: A large tupperware type tub.

• Relatively durable.
• Lightweight.
• Can easily see & find what is inside.
• Very difficult to carry.

Option #3: Backpacks

• Very lightweight, but must be on your back at all times.
• Will be heavy once packed.
• Could put them in a wagon and pull them unless / until forced to carry them.

Option #4: Wheeled Backpack

• Could be carried if needed, but can also be pulled behind you to make things easier unless covering rough terrain.
• Heavier than a traditional backpack would be.

I personally have backpacks for our whole family and I have them all in the same color. They don't have to be exactly the same brand but I figured I would do the same color so that we know what color to look for in case anyone were ever separated from us. I also labeled each of the backpacks so that we know whose is whose.

Week 3 Challenge

This week get 20 pounds of sugar for every two adults in the family. The cannery has sugar in next month's rotation so it would be really easy to get it while you're there!

Week 2 Challenge

Here's a great one to get this week! Fry's has their campbells soup cans on sale currently and this weeks challenge is to get 5 cans of cream of chicken soup for every 2 adults in the family.

New Year, Great time for food storage resolutions!

This year I will be repeating the 52 week challenge to help you get your food storage a little bit at a time. I will also be incorporating more ideas and such as I find them. This challenge is meant to help you get things that are easy to buy at the grocery stores and it is based off a $5 a week budget however due to the economy things may be more expensive from time to time based on what's on sale and what's not. SO now's a GREAT time to start!!! Don't get overwhelmed if you fall behind. Just do what you can and it will add up fast!

For the first week in the challenge this is an extremely easy one to get.....6 pounds of Salt. You can find it for as cheap as 35 cents for a one pound canister at your local grocery stores. Cheap and easy to get!!

I know that food storage can be a very overwhelming task to start but I promise you that it will add up quickly and you just need to get started. The Lord blesses us for our obedience and you will see the blessings in your food storage endeavors.