Monday, October 17, 2011

Project Noah

“If ye are prepared ye shall not fear.” – D&C 38:30

“Many more people could ride out the storm-tossed waves in their economic lives if they had their year’s supply of food… and were debt free. Today we find that many have followed this counsel in reverse: They have at least a year’s supply of debt and are food free.” – President Thomas S. Monson, Church News, May 12, 2001, 7

When we were in the Aspen 2nd Ward, they gave us Project Noah. It is a way to build up your one year emergency food, water, and supplies. This outlines what one adult will need. You can add more for more people and anything you may need for children and your own special needs. Once you have everything, you must rotate items so that food doesn’t spoil and supplies don’t wear out.

We have been using these guidelines to buy food in bulk when it is super cheap. Occasionally Costco has really good sales on baking goods where you can get white flour, rice, baking soda and powder, brown sugar, etc. When Macey’s had their huge case lot sale, we stocked up on green beans, corn, apple sauce, diced tomatoes and tomato sauce. While we are doing things out of order, we are getting the things we use daily first.

January

“No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. Think what you do when you run into debt,’ said Benjamin Franklin, ‘you give another power over your liberty.’” – President Ezra Taft Benson

Goal: Develop a budget and stay within it this month.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 5 gallons of water
Week 2: 5 gallons of water
Week 3: 2 dozen candles
Week 4: 4 boxes of matches
PLUS: 1 box of band aids and 1 tube of antibiotic ointment

February

“I feel satisfied that there is no adequate substitute for that morning and evening practice of kneeling together-father, mother and children.” – President Gordon B. Hinckley

Goal: Join with your family in prayer morning and evening each day this month.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 25 pounds of sugar
Week 2: 2-3 pounds of shortening
Week 3: 15 pounds of cornmeal
Week 4: 10 pounds of rice
PLUS: 1 flashlight and 1 package of paper plates

March

“This is a competitive world. You need all the education you can get. The Lord wants you to educate your mind and your heart. It does not matter what field you choose, but become a (worker) of integrity, prepared to contribute to the world.” – President Gordon B. Hinckley

Goal: This month further your education by developing or improving a skill.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 1 large box baking powder
Week 2: 1 gallon cider vinegar
Week 3: 1 large box baking soda
Week 4: 1 gallon of bleach
PLUS: 6 rolls of toilet paper

April

“I like to compare the home evening with an umbrella. If the umbrella is not opened, it can give little protection from the storms of nature. Likewise, God given plans are of little value unless they are used.” – President Spencer W. Kimball

Goal: This month have Family Home Evening every week.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 6 cans of soup
Week 2: 10 cans of tuna fish
Week 3: 10 cans of applesauce
Week 4: 1 #10 can of whole wheat
PLUS: 1 can opener and 1 package of paper cups

May

“The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation as boarding the Ark was to the people in the days of Noah.” – President Ezra Taft Benson

Goal: This month prepare one 72-hour emergency kit.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 1 pound dried fruit
Week 2: 10 cans of pork and beans
Week 3: 1 large can hot cocoa mix
Week 4: 1 pound of honey
PLUS: 1 small bottle of olive oil (for consecrating)

June

“If we are a temple going people, we will be a better people. I know your lives are busy, I know you have much to do. But I will make you a promise that if you will go to the House of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you.” – President Gordon B. Hinckley

Goal: This month attend the temple once more than you have been going.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 2 – 42 oz. boxes of oatmeal
Week 2: 10 pounds of brown sugar
Week 3: 10 cans of evaporated milk
Week 4: 12 cans of vegetables
PLUS: 4 bars of soap

July

“The responsibility for each person’s social, emotional, spiritual, physical or economic well-being rests first upon himself, second upon his family and third upon the Church, if he is a faithful member thereof.” – President Spencer W. Kimball

Goal: This month, do something for a member of your family to show them they are loved and accepted as a child of God.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 10 pounds of split peas or lentils
Week 2: 3 pounds of pasta
Week 3: 1 large can fruit drink mix
Week 4: 2 large cans of pumpkin
PLUS: 1 box garbage bags and 1 package plastic utensils

August

“We should seek to know more about ourselves and our bodies, about what is most conducive to health and how to preserve health and how to avoid disease; and what to eat and what to drink, and what to abstain from taking into our systems.” – President John Taylor

Goal: This month, team up with a friend or family member and exercise 30 minutes a day, three times a week.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 2 pounds dried nuts
Week 2: 3 jars assorted spices
Week 3: 1 gallon liquid detergent
Week 4: 5 pounds of salt
PLUS: 1 Book of Mormon

September

“And if it so be that ye should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!” – D&C 18:15

Goal: This month invite a friend or neighbor who is not a member of our Church to Family Home Evening or a Church meeting or activity.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 25 pounds of white flour
Week 2: 10 pounds of pinto beans
Week 3: 10 pounds of macaroni
Week 4: 12 cans of tomato sauce
PLUS: 1 battery powered radio

October

“Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study, and also by faith.” – D&C 88:118

Goal: This month read a good book and share it with your family.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 24 packages of Ramen noodles
Week 2: 6 cans of chili
Week 3: 6 cans of stew
Week 4: 12 packages of Jell-o
PLUS: 1 large bag of hard candy

November

“Heavenly Father wants you to continue to learn from the Book of Mormon every day. It’s Heavenly Father’s special gift to you. By following it’s teachings you will learn to do the will of our Father in Heaven.” – President Ezra Taft Benson

Goal: This month read one chapter of the Book of Mormon each day.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 2 jars (50 cubes) of bouillon
Week 2: 10 pounds of popcorn
Week 3: 10 4-oz packages of pudding mix
Week 4: 4 cans of chicken or turkey
PLUS: Feminine hygiene needs

December

“Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others. By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking of ourselves.” – President Gordon B. Hinckley

Goal: This month participate in a Humanitarian Project.

For Your Cupboard:
Week 1: 3 pounds of jam or jelly
Week 2: 12 cans of tomatoes
Week 3: 12 cans of fruit
Week 4: 2.5 pounds of peanut butter
PLUS: 1 toothbrush and toothpaste

“The best place to have some food set aside is within our homes….

“We can begin with one week’s food supply and gradually build it to a month and then to three months…. I fear that so many feel that a long-term food supply is so far beyond their reach that they make no effort at all.

“Begin in a small way,… and gradually build toward a reasonable objective.”

- President Gordon B. Hinckley
Ensign, Nov. 2002, 58.

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