Weekly Prep Challenges

Gather food storage and emergency supplies each week to make it affordable. You CAN do it!

JANUARY: Organization, Bread-Making & 72-Hour Kits

• WEEK 1 – Take a Food Storage Inventory
• WEEK 2 – Organize Your Pantry Food
• WEEK 3 – Learn to Make Bread and Store Wheat
• WEEK 4 – Begin a 72-hour Kit

FEBRUARY: Communication, Breakfast Foods & Oats

• WEEK 1 – Add Food and Water to 72-Hour Kit; Evacuation Plan
• WEEK 2 – Buy Food Storage Breakfast Foods and Oats
• WEEK 3 – Buy Dental Supplies
• WEEK 4 – Add Emergency Cell Phone Apps

MARCH: First Aid, Beans & Fish

• WEEK 1 – Buy Food Storage Beans and Fish
• WEEK 2 – Buy First Aid Supplies
• WEEK 3 – Buy Long-Term Food Storage Beans
• WEEK 4 – Plan a Vegetable Garden; Add to 72-Hour Kit

APRIL: Sanitation, Tomatoes & Pasta

• WEEK 1 – Buy Pasta and Tomatoes
• WEEK 2 – Buy Emergency Cleaning Supplies
• WEEK 3 – Buy Home Sanitation Supplies; Add to 72-Hour Kit
• WEEK 4 – Buy Long-term Food Storage Pasta

MAY: Emergency Cooking, Condiments & Spices

• WEEK 1 – Buy Emergency Cooking Supplies. Add to 72-Hour Kit
• WEEK 2 – Buy Food Storage Condiments
• WEEK 3 – Buy Spices and Flavorings
• WEEK 4 – Buy Disposable Tableware

JUNE: Emergency Light, Water & Beverages

• WEEK 1 – Buy and Fill Water Storage Containers
• WEEK 2 – Buy a Cooler for a Power Outage
• WEEK 3 – Buy Food Storage Beverages
• WEEK 4 – Buy Lights for Power Outages and 72-Hour Kit

JULY: Fire Safety, Rice & Meat

• WEEK 1 – Buy Fire Safety and Rescue Equipment
• WEEK 2 – Buy Rice for Food Storage
• WEEK 3 – Buy Meat for Food Storage
• WEEK 4 – Buy Clothing Basics; Add to 72-Hour Kit

AUGUST: Emergency Shelter & Vegetables

• WEEK 1 – Buy Food Storage Containers
• WEEK 2 – Buy Emergency Shelter Supplies
• WEEK 3 – Buy Food Storage Vegetables
• WEEK 4 – Add 72-Hour Kit Emergency Shelter Activities

SEPTEMBER: Emergency Power, Fruits, Nuts & Seeds

• WEEK 1 – Buy Food Storage Fruits and Nuts
• WEEK 2 – Buy an Emergency Generator
• WEEK 3 – Add Shoes, Shirts and Pants to 72-Hour Kit
• WEEK 4 – Buy a Preparedness Book, Gas Shut-off Key, and Can Opener

OCTOBER: Emergency Heat, Oils & Fats

• WEEK 1 – Buy Food Storage Oils and Fats
• WEEK 2 – Inventory Blankets and Warm Accessories; Add to 72-Hour Kit
• WEEK 3 – Buy a Winter Coat, Boots, Fabric and Thread
• WEEK 4 – Window Repair; Buy a Portable Space Heater

NOVEMBER: Laundry, Soups & Baking Basics

• WEEK 1 – Buy Food Storage Baking Basics
• WEEK 2 – Buy Food Storage Canned and Dry Soup
• WEEK 3 – Add Emergency Tools To 72-hour Kit
• WEEK 4 – Buy Emergency Laundry Supplies

DECEMBER: Inventory, Sugars & Vitamin C

• WEEK 1 – Buy Food Storage Sugars
• WEEK 2 – Buy a Year’s Supply of Vitamin C
• WEEK 3 – Buy a Wheat Grinder or a Bread Mixer
• WEEK 4 – Buy Dish Soap and Hand Soap; Add to 72-Hour Kit

Stock up your way!

Valerie Albrechtsen
The Food Storage Organizer

Purchase my food storage and emergency preparedness items in my Etsy shop.