Emergency Preparedness Night- Oct20th

Canning
-learned that fruit is the easiest to can
-you don't need any fancy machines, just a tall pot
-Set jars on lids inside the pot to keep them from directly touching the bottom
-peel fruit (sometimes optional), cut up, cook up, throw in jars, boil for awhile (pears were 25 mins), done.
-want to start an email group for "i just saw a great deal on ____" to help people increase their food storage
-What's the point of canning?  If you eat a lot of (peaches/applesauce) and find them for, say, 19 cents a pound (or free from a friend/family orchard), you'll save a ton of money by buying fresh produce super cheap and canning it for later use.

Food Storage
http://www.providentliving.org/ is the church's website to look for prices on food storage, and suggestions on amts.
-church could "borrow" the can sealer if people wanted to meet at someone's house to seal a bunch of dried goods in those big #10 cans
-3 months worth (not a year) is the goal for students
-buy extra of what you already eat and figure out a way to keep rotating it.
-Most canned goods already last about 2 yrs.
-Kathy's the representative in our ward
-Most bakeries will give you free 5 Gal. buckets since they throw them away after using up all the contents (mostly icing)

72-Hr Kits
-Find some sort of bag to collect it in (IKEA bag, old backpack, bag from DI, hiking pack, etc)
-collect things from around the house
-store in ziplocks to squish out air and keep dry (clothes too).
-buying MREs (Meals-Ready-to-Eat) from some sort of online supplier can eliminate the need for a great handful of items otherwise needed to open, cook, prepare, eat off of, and store food.
-store impt documents, phone numbers, credit info
-store money in small increments and a roll of quarters.

Scanned in pictures of awesome lists from an old BYU Emergency Preparedness Seminar to come.
COMMENT with other great ideas you've heard about from other wards, other schools, other people. BRING IT!!