March 2010 Challenge

If you need to run out the door at a moments notice and you are not sure if and when you will be back, do you have all of your needed personal information in one easy to grab notebook? If not, this challenge is for you. The Emergency Preparedness Notebook is a tool to help you organize critical documentation. Print out the forms and keep the information in a binder. Continue to update it regularly and add helpful information relating to emergency survival skills. If this binder is filled out thoroughly, and contains copies of vital documents, it can provide great peace of mind.

We have also created an electronic version which is much easier to fill out, update, and print out.

March's Challenge

1. Update Emergency Preparedness Notebook (Email us or fill out contact form requesting the electronic file in excel)
2. Attend a FREE C.E.R.T. Training - These are offered by calling your local City Civic Center and registering
3. Try the new food storage recipe - Whole Wheat Pancakes/Vanilla Syrup

Emergency Notebooks

Table of Contents

1. Emergency Information
1. Emergency contact numbers ("Reunion" numbers, out of state number to call, family numbers)
2. Emergency response numbers
3. Family communication plan
4. Family disaster plan checklist
5. Basic first aid, water purification, etc...
2. Personal Information
1. Vital statistics (name, addresses, phone numbers, driver's license, etc...)
2. Family record (names, numbers, addresses)
3. Children's ID Sheets (health, immunization records, fingerprints, DNA)
4. Adult ID Sheets (health, fingerprints, DNA)
5. Medical/Health Info Sheets
1. medications
2. doctors
6. Copies of important papers
1. driver's license
2. wallet contents
3. passports
4. birth certificates/adoptions certificates
5. marriage license
6. military record of service/discharge info
7. citizenship papers
8. death certificates
7. Inventory of property (great if on a CD: china, silver, appliances, house itself, cars, jewlery)
8. Location directory for all important documents
3. Finance/Banking Information
1. Cash accounts
2. Mutual funds and Money market accounts
3. Securities
4. Retirement accounts
5. Debts (mortgage, auto, boat, student loans, etc...)
6. Credit card info
7. Copy of latest income tax return
8. Information peculiar to you and your own accounts
4. Insurance
1. Life, disability, property
2. Copies of policies
3. List of personal property
5. Legal
1. Copy of will
2. Copy of trusts
3. Copy of living wills
4. Copy of durable power of attorney for health care or other

Food Storage Recipes

Whole Wheat Pancakes

1 cup milk

1 cup uncooked wheat berries

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons of oil

2 tablespoons honey or sugar

2 eggs

Put mild and wheat in blender. Blend on high for 4 to 5 minutes until batter is smooth. Add remaining ingredients to blend together. Bake on hot griddle. Serve with vanilla syrup.

Vanilla Syrup

1 1/2 cups water

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons vanilla extract

In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, bring water, sugar and salt to a boil, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. Boil until mixture becomes thick, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla extract and cool.