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(This is an LDS handout so there are some religious references in it.)


Prep in a year

Make a shopping list and stick to it. It can be done! Cut out junk food and expensive processed foods. Buy smart! Remember, sacrifice brings forth the blessings of Heaven.

"A year's supply" is from the Lord. He will help you accomplish this. (I Nephi 3:7)

1. Each week do something and store it away.
2. Get a marker for marking the dates to aid in the rotation.
3. Buy the largest amount you can sensibly afford.
4. Replace items as you use them.
5. Grocery stores don't always have the best buys.
6. If you miss a week, continue the next week. Try not to get behind.
7. Share your hot buys with other Sisters.

If you already have a sufficient supply of any item, please make a substitute for that week. (Wheat, powdered eggs, camping supplies, clothing, etc.)

To determine the amount of your needs, buy a package, date it, and then use it till it's gone. When gone, determine the time it lasted and then determine how many you need for a year. Then return to using what you were using before.

"Store what you use and use what you store"

Week 1: Drug stores have Christmas sales...get nuts. Dry roasted nuts keep best. Freeze bagged.
Week 2: Detergent, bleach, cleanser. Use coupons.
Week 3: Medicine chest! Feminine products, Pepto Bismol, Vicks, cough drops, (any other things that you use).
Week 4: First Aid supplies; band aids, Neosporin, Calamine, etc.
Week 5: Dry milk. Get what your family will need.
Week 6: Peanut butter!!!
Week 7: Solid vegetable oil, it's less expensive than oil, but buy oil if you prefer.
Week 8: Juices. Avoid watered products. Get 100% lemon juice, pineapple, etc.
Week 9: Eating rice makes us nice buy 10, 15, 20 pounds.
Week 10: Mixes! Cake, pancake, muffins, Bisquick. Purchase these or make your own.
Week 11: Spices and herbs you use most often. Buy pepper, cinnamon, garlic salt, bay leaf, etc.
Week 12: Toothpaste, floss, razors, shaving lotion. Consider your family's needs.
Week 13: More first aid...gauzes, patches, swabs, cotton balls, first aid tape, etc.
Week 14: Pasta!!! Five pounds, pick a variety.
Week 15: Personal products...soap, deodorant, toilet paper, shampoo, conditioner, lotions, etc
Week 16: Emergency sewing kit...thread, needles, pins, buttons, snaps, scissors, etc.
Week 17: Ready dinners...ravioli, pasta, oriental, boxed, frozen. Get what they will eat.
Week 18: Wheat, also ten pounds of flour for each member of the family.
Week 19: Freeze a cheese! Whole 5 pounds or grate for casseroles or soups.
Week 20: Jell-O gelatin and pudding mixes.
Week 21: Garden seeds. Radishes are great in emergency. They grow fast and are full of vitamins, minerals and water.
Week 22: Safety week! Safety items including cord or twine, flashlight and batteries (dated).
Week 23: Beans and soybeans. Also dried soup mixes and boxes of crackers.
Week 24: Sure Jell or Certo, paraffin, jars and lids. Buy jam already made.
Week 25: It's "Dress your burger" week. Buy mustard, ketchup, relish, mayonnaise, Worcestershire, etc.
Week 26: White sales! Buy thermo blankets.
Week 27: Fill those water jugs. Two liter pop bottles are best.
Week 28: Paper towels, aluminum foil, garbage bags, freezer bags, etc.
Week 29: Canned milk-look in the December 1989 Ensign (Random Sampler)  for the ideas for uses.
Week 30: Canned goods. Whatever the family likes.
Week 31: Sugar-white, brown, powdered.
Week 32: Back to school sales. Buy paper, pencils, journals, envelopes, etc.
Week 33: Baking powder, baking soda, cornstarch.
Week 34: Can some fruit or buy canned.
Week 35: Iodized salt. It seasons and preserves. In a pinch use it as toothpaste or de-icer.
Week 36: Buy those dry beans, legumes, peas, etc.
Week 37: Can or freeze your garden or buy it canned.
Week 38: Tomato week! Get juices, pasta, make it or buy it.
Week 39: Canned meats...tuna, salmon, beef.
Week 40: Honey, Karo syrup, molasses, whatever you use.
Week 41: Vinegar, at least one gallon, it's a great cleaner.
Week 42: Wash soaps or detergents, bleach and stain removers and dish soap.
Week 43: Do something with apples- pie fillings, sauces, butter or juices.
Week 44: Rolled oats, corn meal, and cream of wheat. Get what the family will use.
Week 45: Hard candy! It's on sale after Halloween.
Week 46: Vitamins. Buy extra vitamin C and calcium with vitamin D.
Week 47: Treats for baking. Buy cocoa, coconut, nuts, chocolate chips, raisins, etc.
Week 48: Vegetable oil. Get a good supply.
Week 49: Candles, matches. Put in a glass bottle in case they ignite.
Week 50: Popcorn. Go for the big bag... 12 pounds.
Week 51: Medicine! Ear ache, laxatives, peroxide, Vaseline, Tylenol, etc.
Week 52: Merry Christmas!! You've given yourself a great gift-Security.

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