LDS Mothly Prep Suggestions
**JANUARY**

"When the time of need arrives, the time for preparation is past."

Suggested items-- 
25 lbs. rice
10 bars soap

72 Hour Kit: Back pack or tote bag and 2 bars of soap. Have an emergency meeting place arranged with family, and have a map and escape plan.

**FEBRUARY**

"There is no royal road to anything. Careful planning, hard work, and determination to reach an objective is the plan to success."

Suggested items--
25 lbs. oats
10 candles

72 Hour Kit: 1 large candle, 3 day supply food (milk carton w/ 2 liters of water) Water purification tablets, supplies for infants. 

**MARCH**

"We encourage all Latter- day Saint families to become self-reliant and independent." 

Suggested items--

25 lbs. dried beans (variety)
5 boxes matches

72 Hour Kit: Matches, battery powered radio. Finish anything not done in February.

**APRIL**

"The Lord has warned us of famines, but the righteous will have listened to the prophets, andstored at least a years supply." -Pres. Benson (LDS Church)

Suggested items--
25 lbs. pasta (variety)
2 flashlights and batteries

72 Hour Kit: Flashlight and extra batteries, paper and pencil, pencil sharpener, 10 one dollar bills.
**MAY**

"But if any provide not for his own and specially for his own house, he hath denied the faith." The Apostle Paul

Suggested items--
5 lbs. yeast
10 pkg. toilet paper

72 Hour Kit: Toilet paper, paper towels, paper plates and cups, plastic utensils. Review emergency map and escape plans.

**JUNE**

"It is easier to keep up than to catch up."

Suggested items--
5 lbs. oil or shortening
extra blankets

72 Hour Kit: Change of clothes for each family member-- don't forget shoes. Sleeping bags or blankets. Instruction manuals on Emergency Preparedness and First Aid.

**JULY**

"Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skills to do difficult things easily."

Suggested items--
25 lbs. dry milk
First Aid Kit

72 Hour Kit: First Aid Kit, utility knife and can opener.

**AUGUST**

"We will see the day when we will live on what we produce." -Pres. Marion G. Romney (LDS Church)

Suggested items: 
spices (those most used)
feminine items

72 Hour Kit: Feminine items, plastic bags and ties for garbage, plastic baggies. Personal documents: Scriptures, geneology, legal papers, checkbook, etc.

**SEPTEMBER**

"Dig a well before you get thirsty."

Suggested items-- 
5 lbs. salt per person
3 boxes laundry soap 

72 Hour Kit: 10 one dollar bills, small ax, single flare, laundry soap. Review emergency plan with family.

**OCTOBER**

"Let's be thankful for bread to live. Let's be thankful for bread to give."

Suggested items--
10 lbs. peanut butter
medicines

72 Hour Kit: Medicines (prescription and over-the-counter- example- Tylenol, cold medicines) Add extra supplies to first aid kit.

**NOVEMBER**

"Thrifty is the person who plans for tomorrow, not just for today."

Suggested items--
100 lbs. potatoes
vitamins

72 Hour Kit: Bucket (lastic bucket w/ tight fitting lid), personal hygiene items (shaving, deordorant, shampoo, razor)

**DECEMBER**

"If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear."

Suggested items--
25 lbs. sugar or honey
toothpaste

72 Hour Kit: Toothbrush and toothpaste, disinfectant, 10 one dollar bills. Review emergency map and escape plan