Each week I share a weekly prep challenge to help you gather food storage and emergency supplies over time makes it affordable. Sign up for my weekly email here. If you can’t afford something I suggest or haven’t the time to complete a challenge, just jump right in next week. You CAN do it!
JANUARY: Organization, 72-Hour Kits & Bread-Making
- WEEK 1 – Create a Preparedness Game Plan
- WEEK 2 – Organize Your Pantry Food
- WEEK 3 – Learn to Make Wheat Bread
- 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 – Stock Up On Dental Supplies
- WEEK 4 – Add Emergency Cell Phone Apps
MARCH: First Aid, Beans & Fish
- WEEK 1 – Buy Beans and Fish for Food Storage
- WEEK 2 – Stock up on First Aid Supplies
- WEEK 3 – Buy Long-Term Food Storage Beans
- WEEK 4 – Plant a Vegetable Garden; Add Items to Your 72-Hour Kit
APRIL: Sanitation, Tomatoes & Pasta
- WEEK 1 – Stock Up on Pasta and Tomatoes
- WEEK 2 – Buy Emergency Cleaning Supplies
- WEEK 3 – Buy Home Sanitation Supplies
- WEEK 4 – Buy Long-term Food Storage Pasta
MAY: Emergency Cooking, Condiments & Spices
- WEEK 1 – Buy Emergency Cooking Supplies
- WEEK 2 – Buy Condiments
- WEEK 3 – Buy Spices and Flavorings
- WEEK 4 – Buy Picnic Supplies
JUNE: Emergency Light, Water & Beverages
- WEEK 1 – Buy a Water Storage Container
- 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 For Next Year
AUGUST: Emergency Shelter & Vegetables
- WEEK 1 – Buy Food Storage Containers
- WEEK 2 – Buy Emergency Shelter Supplies
- WEEK 3 – Buy Food Storage Vegetables
- WEEK 4 – Gather Emergency Shelter Activities
SEPTEMBER: Emergency Power, Fruits, Nuts & Seeds
- WEEK 1 – Buy Food Storage Fruits, Nuts, and Seeds
- WEEK 2 – Buy an Emergency Generator
- WEEK 3 – Add Shoes, Shirts and Pants to 72-Hour Kit
- WEEK 4 – Buy a Prep Book, Gas Shut-off Key, and Can Opener
- WEEK 5 – Buy Fabric and Thread
OCTOBER: Emergency Heat, Oils & Fats
- WEEK 1 – Buy Food Storage Oils and Fats
- WEEK 2 – Inventory Blankets and Warm Accessories; Add Warm Accessories to Your 72-Hour Kit
- WEEK 3 – Buy a Winter Coat and Boots
- WEEK 4 – Learn How to Fix a Broken Window; Buy a Portable Space Heater
NOVEMBER: Laundry, Soups & Baking Basics
- WEEK 1 – Buy Food Storage Baking Basics
- WEEK 2 – Buy Canned and Dry Soup for Food Storage
- WEEK 3 – Add Emergency Tools To Your 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 Liquid Dish Soap and Hand Soap
- WEEK 4 – Take a Complete Food Storage Inventory
Best wishes and stay healthy,
Valerie Albrechtsen
The Food Storage Organizer
Purchase my food storage and emergency preparedness items in my Etsy shop.
Why can’t you print this anymore?
I am updating all of them and will eventually put them all in a file on Etsy. Thanks!
Sorry, but I have changed them so much that it will be much easier to have them in their own document. Eventually it will be in my Etsy shop.
This is a grat list makes it easy to get started and keep pressing on, Thank you so much
Thanks, Jan. Glad you are enjoying the prep challenges.
I am not ablecto get the restvof the printanles for august. I have followed you bl ou g gor sever as l years. Its such a help. Thank you!
Hi Traci, all of my prep challenges are on this page. Just click on the week, and the printable is under the picture. I didn’t get Week 1 out, but you can find it here. https://foodstorageorganizer.com/free/