Syracuse 1st Ward: June 2012

Friday, June 1, 2012

June 2012

Church Resources on Preparedness

Last April in our 5th Sunday lesson, Bishop Costley spoke of the many resources on the web that the church has for us, to help us as families and as individuals. I was impressed by the many heart touching messages that bring the spirit of the Lord into our home. In addition to those resources, the church has assembled many lesson ideas for our Family Home Evenings with a preparedness theme. My favorite is "Coping with a Blackout". The following is a list of the topics we can turn to, found at: http://classic.lds.org/hf/display/0,16783,4284-1,00.html

Family Preparedness Activities

	Emergency Supplies This activity will help your family gather and organize the emergency supplies that can make your family more secure.
	Emergency Telephone Numbers In this activity, your family will post all emergency numbers and learn how to use them.
	Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation may well be a gift of life to one of your own family members. All family members should know how to perform this life-saving technique.
	Treating Choking A series of simple techniques could save the life of someone who is choking on food or other objects. This activity will teach your family how to use these techniques.
	Treating Shock This activity will help your family learn to recognize and treat shock.
	Treating Bleeding This activity will teach your family how to handle bleeding.
	Protecting Your Home Against Fire This activity teaches your family basic steps to prevent and deal with fires.
	Coping with a Blackout This activity will help your family be prepared to deal with power failures that result in loss of light and heat.
	Making Your Home a Tough Target for Thieves This activity will teach your family security measures that will help to make your home a more difficult target for thieves by making it as difficult and time-consuming to steal from as possible.
	Earthquake Preparation There is no plan that can eliminate all earthquake danger. But you can greatly reduce damage and injury by following several basic guidelines.
	Making a Survival Kit This activity will teach family members to make a lightweight survival kit that they can easily carry with them. All of these activities come from the Family Home Evening Resource Book, under Family Activities. Also if you haven't visited Provident Living lately, please check out all of the resources there. The address is: http://www.lds.org/pages/provident-living?lang=eng

A Review of Family Home Storage Basics

A Review of Family Home Storage Basics

The First Presidency has encourage members world-wide to prepare for adversity in life by having a basic supply of food and water and some money in savings.

"We ask that you be wise as you store food and water and build your savings. Do not go to extremes; it is not prudent, for example, to go into debt to establish your food storage all at once. With careful planning, you can, over time, establish a home storage supply and a financial reserve."
—The First Presidency, All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage, Feb. 2007,

We can do this by following their recommendations:

Three Month Supply -Build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet. One way to do this is to purchase a few extra items each week to build a one-week supply of food. Then you can gradually increase your supply until it is sufficient for three months. These items should be rotated regularly to avoid spoilage.

Drinking Water - Store drinking water for circumstances in which the water supply may be polluted or disrupted.

Financial Reserve - Establish a financial reserve by saving a little money each week and gradually increasing it to a reasonable amount.

Longer Term Supply - For longer-term needs, and where permitted, gradually build a supply of food that will last a long time and that you can use to stay alive, such as wheat, white rice, and beans. These items can last 30 years or more when properly packaged and stored in a cool, dry place. A portion of these items may be rotated in your three-month supply.

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