August- {Prepared! Not Scared!}

In August we are going to work on the FOOD portion of our 72 hour kits! To me, this is the most daunting! What am I going to put in them? What kinds of food keep good? What will my kids eat? Will those things fill us up enough so we aren't grumpy? (I get grumpy when I am hungry!) Will it be too heavy to carry? Too many questions-I know! So after many months of research and planning I think I have it figured out. At least for my family anyways! I want to share with you what I have found and give you some tips and pointers on what I think will work. Just a few hints at what we accomplish on August 19th:

* 72 hour food kits that provide -high calories while not sacrificing nutrition
                                               -low cost
                                               -non-cook food items
                                               -food that will taste good so you will want to rotate 

                                                at least 1X a year
                                               -free meal plans and shopping lists! Woohoo

* Freeze dried food taste table-THRIVE LIFE   

* Buddy Burner- Great for cooking a meal in a single pot or small can. You can boil water, cook noodles, mac and cheese, soup, etc. Please save your empty #10 cans, empty tuna cans and heavy cardboard. (If you have food in your kit that needs to be cooked) If you don't you still might want to boil water at some point! 

Hopefully everyone can make because it is going to be awesome! And....if you don't get your kits put together, you can't whine or cry when you don't have anything in the event of an emergency. So lets get prepared!!!

I found this and fell in love with it! I am a list maker and most of the time it is filled with house "chores"! When everything thing is checked off at the end of the day, I have a major feeling of accomplishment. When I saw this, it made me start thinking of those things on my check list. Are those things really that important? NO! I should make this my daily checklist! Who else agrees? 

Super Saturday

JULY! Come and now GONE! Where did that month go? Our Super Saturday was a success! We had lots of fun crafting with Central Ward! Hopefully everyone made something they loved. If anyone wants any information on the Growth Chart, Chalk Paint, Sugar Scrubs, Infinity Scarf, Quiet Books or Nativity let me know!

June Relief Society Night

WOW! I have been MIA on this blog! I am so sorry for all of those who have come here to find info and only found old stuff! Well now that it is catch up time.....I wanted to post some pictures of our fun activity in June. It didn't turn out like planned because it was so windy the day of that we switched from a Picnic in the Park to a picnic in the Cultural Hall! We had a yummy dinner and Sister Nancy Milne, Sister Wanda Drake and Sister Rosalee Charles talked about the importance of keeping histories and scrapbooks. It was so fun-thanks to all those who brought food and spoke to us! Hopefully we can all remember to jot down some notes in our journals and work on organizing all those photos that are stuck in boxes!

Clean Birth Kit Success

Thank you to all who donated and participated in putting together our Clean Birth Kits! Many hands make light work! 75+ Birth Kits in 45 minutes! You guys rock! They are all packed and shipped and on there way to Nepal!

MAY Relief Society Night

Happy Mothers Day

This year, in honor of Mothers Day, will you join me in making a difference in the area of maternal and infant care in the developing world by contributing to the Love A Mama clean birth kit drive? Did you know that 1 in 7 women in rural Papua New Guinea don’t survive childbirth? It’s a sad and shocking statistic that we’re working to see changed through the distribution of clean birth kits and maternal health education.

Moms care about moms. We love our children and we know without a doubt that every mother’s heart beats the same. When given the chance we are quick to lend a hand to other mamas in need. So join with us

Tuesday May 20 at 6:30

and help save a mama’s life this Mothers Day!