ROBERT AND DARLENE PRATT FAMILY: May 2008

PREPAREDNESS....
$5.00 a Week Food Storage
This is a basic food storage plan that will sustain life for two people for one year. Feel free to tailor the program to your family’s tastes or needs. In addition to the outlined products, store a container of water each week.
The program: Each week take $5.00 and buy the specified items for that week. Some weeks you will not use all of the $5.00 and some weeks you will use more than $5.00. Plan to set aside $5.00 each week regardless. There are also a few weeks you will have nothing to buy, but set aside the money for those weeks as well. By the end of the 52 weeks you will have 700 lbs of wheat, 240 lbs of sugar, 40 lbs of powdered milk, 13 lbs of salt, 10 lbs of honey, 5 lbs of peanut butter, 45 cans of tomato soup, 32 cans of mushroom soup, 15 cans of tuna fish, 10 boxes of macaroni and cheese, 500 aspirin, 730 multiple vitamins, 6 lbs of dried yeast, and 6 lbs of shortening. Remember to rotate and replenish what you use.
Remember to add $5.00 for every additional two people in your family. You do not necessarily need to purchase these items in the week listed. If you find the items in week 17 on sale, buy them and move the current week’s items to week 17.
Week 1: 2 cans tuna fish, 2 containers salt, 1 lb yeast
Week 2: 5 boxes macaroni and cheese, 4 cans tomato soup
Week 3: 3 cans mushroom soup, 2 ½ lbs peanut butter
Week 4: 1 bottle multiple vitamins
Week 5: 4 cans tomato soup, 10 lbs powdered milk
Week 6: 1 bottle aspirin (500 tablets)
Week 7: 100 lbs wheat
Week 8: 5 lbs powdered milk
Week 9: 5 lbs honey, 1 lb yeast
Week 10: 4 cans tuna, 4 boxes macaroni and cheese
Week 11: 10 lbs sugar, 1 box salt
Week 12: 4 cans mushroom soup, 2 lbs shortening
Week 13: 1 bottle multiple vitamins
Week 14: 100 lbs wheat
Week 15: 1 box macaroni and cheese, 1 lb yeast
Week 16: 5 lbs honey
Week 17: 2 cans tuna, 4 cans tomato soup
Week 18: 10 lbs sugar
Week 19: 100 lbs wheat
Week 20: 20 lbs sugar
Week 21: 10 lbs powdered milk
Week 22: 1 can mushroom soup, 10 lbs sugar
Week 23: 1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup, 10 lbs sugar
Week 24: 10 lbs sugar, 1 lb yeast
Week 25: 2 can tuna, 2 cans mushroom soup, 2 lbs shortening
Week 26: 100 lbs wheat
Week 27: 30 lbs sugar, 1 lb yeast
Week 28: 10 lbs sugar
Week 29: 10 lbs powdered milk
Week 30: 20 lbs sugar
Week 31: 1 can tuna, 3 cans mushroom soup
Week 32: 1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup, 2 lbs shortening
Week 33: 100 lbs wheat
Week 34: 2 cans tuna, 1 box salt
Week 35: 10 lbs powdered milk
Week 36: 20 lbs sugar
Week 37: 4 cans tomato soup, 2 boxes salt
Week 38: nothing—replenish petty cash
Week 39: 100 lbs wheat
Week 40: 10 lbs powdered milk
Week 41: 30 lbs sugar
Week 42: 2 cans tomato soup, 4 cans mushroom soup
Week 43: 2 cans tomato soup, 10 lbs sugar
Week 44: nothing—replenish petty cash
Week 45: 10 lbs powdered milk
Week 46: 4 cans tomato soup, 10 lbs powdered milk
Week 47: 10 lbs powdered milk
Week 48: 4 cans mushroom soup, 4 cans tomato soup
Week 49: 7 cans tomato soup
Week 50: 7 cans mushroom soup, 1 lb yeast
Week 51: 20 lbs sugar, 1 box salt
Week 52: nothing—replenish petty cash