March Newsletter

Food Storage

The Goal this month:

From the list you determined, package and store the grains, pasts, beans and other dry goods you need for your 90 day food storage.

Our Focus is Grains, Pasta, Beans, Dry Goods.

Storing Dry goods is more economical and space saving than storing their hydrated counter parts. We will have a Tour and Workshop at the Dry Pack Cannery in Sandy on March 9 from 1-5pm (you don’t have to stay that long.) Contact bradleighann@gmail.com if you are interested in coming and/or if you need child care to participate.

Thanks to our wonderful teachers of our Bread Making Classes. If you did not get to attend one, please let me know and I will come to you with my recipe and teach you how. We would like to offer a bean workshop as well as a Vacuum sealing workshop this month. Watch for times and places.

Lastly, visit our new recipe blog that hosts our food storage recipes being submitted: www.southmountain2recipes.blogspot.com

Feel free to contribute recipes by emailing me at the above e-mail address.

EFFAK

Now that you have your Binder and sheet protectors you are ready to start gathering your information.

The Goal this month: Create your Family Contact Information sheet. Include land lines and cell numbers (and HAM call signs if they have them) of all extended family members you would want to contact in an emergency.

Gardening

I have been approached by some of the men in our area who are willing to help build raised garden boxes. More details to come, but e-mail me at bradleighann@gmail.com

if you are interested in this project.

The Goals for this month:

If you plan to start plants from seed, begin planting those now. Toward the end of the month, as it gets warmer, you can clean out your garden and prepare for the early season planting.

72 Hour Kits

Goal for this month: Find or purchase your containers for your 72 hour kits. Ideas are bins, back packs, or buckets. If you choose to use hiking backpacks, plan on putting your items in garbage bags inside the backpacks so that you can easily remove and replace the items when you occasionally use the backpack for other purposes.

Communications

Goal for this month:

1. Look at https://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/index.php

This is a service of the American Red Cross. During an emergency, the Red Cross will take portable computers into the area and help people register if they are safe and well. Family members from around the world can then log in and check the status of their family members. Check this out to see if it would be of value to your family and pass along the link.

2. Take the HAM license test on March 22 7pm at Salt Lake County Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
3380 S. 900 West (west side of the street). (Contact me if you need study materials)

First Aid Kit

Goal for this month: Find or purchase a container for your First Aid Kit that will help keep your items organized and accessible.

I will be posting information and links on our preparedness website: www.preparetoprevent.blogspot.com

Please check this site often for updates and information. Also – please share this information with your friends and neighbors!