Lesson Summary: March 31, 2013

Review of the Stake Emergency Preparedness Plan
explained by Bro. Latham

The Stake Emergency Preparedness Plan was recently review and renewed.  It can be found on the Stake website under Newsletters.

It outlines the responsibilities and plan of action of the members in the stake when an emergency should  happen.  How to account for all the members and how to report and assist with needs that will arise.

Our ward is striving for a goal of each family having a disaster plan.

Be sure you have access to a land line with a simple phone that does not require electricity or batteries to operate.  Only thing that is going to work if there is a major disaster.
- Once you pick up the headset you are added to the queue, hanging up will loose your place.
- Only out of Stake calls will be placed.  BE SURE YOU HAVE AN OUT OF STATE CONTACT.  This person acts as relay between you and any separated family members.

14 days is the new 72 hour kit.  Hurricane Katrina has taught us that it is more likely 10-14 days before you can expect emergency shelters/services to be in place.  So you really will need a toothbrush and soap.

Be aware of your neighborhood.  Which of your neighbors might require additional assistance?

Prepare your children.  Teach them what to do in different emergencies.

April 2013 Family Preparedness Focus

Hello Sisters,
Conference weekend amazing as always. So many wonderful things were discussed and shared.

With conference happening every six months now is the perfect time to remind oneself to review and replenish/rotate any emergency preparedness items.

With that said, the topic for this months task is focused one of the most essential things we all need to think about for an emergency, water.

We want each of you to come up with a task from the following list that you choose and complete by the end of April. I will send a follow up email around the 15th to keep us all together on this.

- Store water in your car
- Purchase barrels/ containers for home storage
- Fill barrels/ containers you have for home storage
- Update yourself on water purification and obtain any needed materials for use.

If you are needing help with these then I am more then happy to help you find a way to make this happen for each of you. I will see about getting a pdf from Talia from her presentation but for now I found the following graphic below useful about the topic of water.

Regards,
Sister Ingrid Farmer

Group order for Food Storage Eggs

- Bonnie is trying to get another group order for Emergency Supplies, see below:

Honeywell has whole powdered eggs in a 10# can for $17.72 if we can get an order for 6 or more.

Powdered eggs can be used as scrambled eggs. But I plan to use them in making pancakes or baked goods with my food storage to give variety.

Here is the link so you can see what would you be getting:
http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/powderedwholeeggscan.aspx?utm_source=mybuys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=product-alerts

Let me know if you are interested in purchasing a can or two. I am hoping to be able to get an order of 6 or more cans to get the $17.72 reduced price.

Bonnie Wathor

Gifts to Give Ourselves and our Families

1. Develop spiritual strength:
    Commit to follow the counsel of the prophets
    Commit to read our scriptures every day
    Commit to pray every day
    Repent of something we need to repent of
    Stand in holy places (especially attend the temple)

2. Take better care of your physical self
    Live a more healthy life style

3. Put your house in financial order
    Get out of debt
    Live within your means
    Save even a little every month

4. Educational Development
    Learn a new skill
    Renew an old skill
    Teach someone a skill

5. Spend time with a loved one.

6. Commit to accomplish a goal
    Make a plan to accomplish the goal

-Florence Madsen

Emergency Preparedness Moment, October 14, 2012

Florence Madsen

In last weeks Gospel Doctrine lesson we discussed the Nephites preparations for an attack by the Gadianton Robbers.  They prepared both spiritually and temporally (3 Nephi 4:4, 18)
We will prepare ourselves and the Lord will take care of the rest (3 Nephi 4:21).

PREPAREDNESS --> OBEDIENCE --> PROTECTION

Local Resources
1. LPFD Family Disaster Plan:
    read intro, scope and assumptions to get motivation.  LOTS of info
    http://www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/pdf/livfamdis00.pdf
2. 211:
    24/7 multilingual, non-emergency number that provides info to the residents of Alameda County
3. Reverse 911:
    Public announcements by phone of dangers such as a mountian lion prowling the streets.
    Targeted to neighborhoods.  Land lines only.
4.  Nextdoor Social Network for the City of Livermore 
    Nextdoor, Livermore (https://nextdoor.com/)
    Social Network by neighborhood.  You can request for emails for crime/safety and other topics.

PREPAREDNESS --> OBEDIENCE --> PROTECTION

Free Earthquake Preparation Class

On October 30, 2012 at 7 pm, Fremont REI is bringing in Chuck Guaraglia, veteran disaster education trainer with the Fremont Fire Department, for a PowerPoint presentation on the essentials for preparing for disasters, such as earthquakes and fire.

For more information see:https://www.rei.com/event/44378/session/57208

The Great California Shake Out

Remember to Drop, Cover and Hold On for the Great California Shake Out, a state wide Earthquake drill.
  October 18th at 10:18 am.

For more information and to register visit:
http://www.shakeout.org/california/