Project Noah - January week #4

WEEK #4 Purchase items: 1. 8 cans of tomato sauce or tomato soup (write date on can). 2. 2 Gallons of regular clorox bleach 3. Batteries needed for flashlights, radios, smoke detectors in your home and make sure they are ready for an emergency. Buy needed batteries to have them working and maybe some extra to have on hand. Wheat Tip Check your current wheat supply. Wheat is the cheapest, and most nutritious and the longest lasting food storage item. Adults need 400 pounds of grain per year. Make wheat the foundation of your food storage. Brigham Yound said, "the time will come that gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat." (JD, 1:250) JANUARY SUMMERY: Purchase items: 1 fine point Sharpie Pen 2 Gallons of water per person 3.Jars of Peanut Butter 4. 8 cans of Tuna or other meat 5. 6 pounds of shortening 6. 8 cans of tomato sauce or soup 7. 2 gallons of bleach 8. Batteries for flashlights, radios, and smoke detectors in your home. Activities: Take inventory of all food storage and make sure it is still usable. Calculate your needs, using lds.org interactive food calculator, or using Essentials of Home Production and Storage manual. Identify areas and amounts needed for a year’s supply and make a budgeted plan. Also, check your batteries in your flashlights, radios and smoke alarms and replace if necessary. Dry Foods:January’s dry items were Cocoa, Oats and Sugar. Check your supply and add to it if necessary.