FAMILY HOME EVENING IDEA - THINK - PLAN - EAT A TREAT

Family Home Evenings are a wonderful way to get the whole family involved in the Emergency Preparedness Planning. You can do a once-a-month FHE activity night which will start your year off with the right focus on being prepared.

JANUARY
FHE Activity Idea - "THE THINK SURVIVAL GAME" After dinner, "THINK"- give everyone in the family a piece of paper and a pencil and ask them to think about and write down everything they each would need to go on a family campout for the weekend. Tell them the weather may be nice during the day but will be chilly at night. Have them begin to list the items necessary to be comfortable for this campout.(help little ones to think of things they like to play when camping ie: card games, checkers, marbles) Collect these lists and read them out aloud to the family discuss the most necessary items on each persons list. "PLAN"- an indoor family livingroom campout if possible for the next FHE night, or a real one for an upcoming weekend.
This exercise is to help each of you focus on what is really necessary for you to be comfortable and successful surviving in the event of an emergency. You will have thought about the items needed and better prepared to gather them for your 72 hour kits. coming next month... 72 hour kits activity

FHE TREAT - Using Food Storage for your FHE Treat-
What a great treat for talking about 72 hour kits! This recipe comes entirely from shelf stable items and happens to be my all time favorite cookie recipe (HONEST!)

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
*a tip before you begin…I always soak my raisins in water & vanilla so that the raisins are plump and juicy and taste like vanilla. If you don’t have a lot of time you can heat the water, vanilla, and raisins in the microwave for 2 minutes. Remember that you can definitely use your leftover water to hydrate your eggs!

Cream together:
1 C shortening
1 C brown sugar
1 C white sugar
2 eggs (2 T. dry egg powder + 1/4 C. Water)
1 tsp. vanilla

Stir into creamed mixture
1 ½ C whole wheat flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
3 C. oats
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 C. raisins

Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls and bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.