If you haven’t been around lately, we just barely finished the 7 DAY CHALLENGE.  Each day for 7 Days we had a mock emergency to test out how well we are prepared for the MANY reasons we all have food storage (natural disasters, economic crisis, everyday emergencies, health benefits).  We still can’t believe how much we learned ourselves and how much “fun” we had.

With a challenge like this, of COURSE we had prizes… The last round of prizes include:

• a limited time Wondermill rebate of $30 for either an electric or hand mill FOR EVERYONE (whether you participated or not)
• a chance to purchase a Food Storage Made Easy eBook Binder for $5 off for EVERYONE who does the “ASSIGNMENT” (whether you participated or not)
• TONS of prizes from our initial prize post awarded randomly to challenge participants (announced earlier today)

To help spread the word about food storage, and encourage YOU to make notes of what you learned, we’re having the assignment open to anyone.  If you participated each day, or are only now just following along, you can complete the assignment to  be sent a temporary link to purchase the Food Storage Made Easy eBook Binder at $5 off!

SO HERE IS HOW IT GOES:

On your blog, or in an email to your friends simply make a list of what you learned on each of the 7 days (separated by days).  This doesn’t need to be a fabulous essay, even bullet points will do.  If you didn’t participate on the specific days, see what you COULD have learned.  You can see what you may have learned by reading the feedback on the public facebook discussion thread for each day, and comments for each day on the individual posts (a link for each of those is provided below to make doing your homework extra easy).

Start the blog post or email by saying how you found out about the challenge and link to http://foodstoragemadeeasy.NET,  so people can come and learn themselves…then go into what you learned on each of the 7 days:

Day 1: Natural Disaster -”It’s a Flood”

• Facebook Discussion Feedback
• Comments on Daily Post Feedback

Day 2: Pandemic -”Time for Quarantine”

• Facebook Discussion Feedback
• Comments on Daily Post Feedback

Day 3: Every Day Emergency -”Dinner Guests?!?!”

• Facebook Discussion Feedback
• Comments on Daily Post Feedback

Day 4: Economic Crisis -”Money is TIGHT!”

• Facebook Discussion Feedback
• Comments on Daily Post Feedback

Day 5: Natural Disaster -”Earthquake!”

• Facebook Discussion Feeedback
• Comments on Daily Post Feedback

Day 6: Diet Disaster -”Healthy lifestyle”

• Facebook Discussion Feedback
• Comments on Daily Post Feedback

Day 7: Every Day Emergency -”Why Didn’t you Ask for this Sooner?”

• Facebook Discussion Feedback
• Comments on Daily Post Feedback

When your blog post, or email is done send us an email at info@FoodStorageMadeEasy.NET with either a link to your blog (if your blog is private, email us what you posted) or a copy of the email and then we will send you a link to purchase the Food Storage Made Easy eBook Binder at $5 off!

Hurry up – your assignment is due by October 1ST!

Let us repeat that, doing this will automatically get you a limited time link to purchase the binder at $5 off. AND you’re only going to learn by doing it.

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For all individual winners, we’ll be contacting you over the next week to get you your prize. We’re just trying to recover from the challenge, so bare with us.

Prize: Food Storage Made Easy eBook Binders
WINNERS:
1. Kim Armer Watterson
2. Lisa Hovey

Company/Website: Food Storage Made Easy
Description: A comprehensive step-by-step guide to getting your emergency preparedness plan, water storage, and food storage put together in just ONE YEAR! Includes checklists, calculators, detailed information on long term food storage, and a large recipe appendix.

For a limited time, and with a small assignment, we’ll have the Food Storage Made Easy Binders available for $5 off!

Prize: TWO Annual Subscriptions to Mozy Online Backup
WINNERS:
1. Kari Brimhall
2. Danielle Mahoney

Company/Website: Mozy Unlimited Backup
Description: Mozy is a simple and safe way to back up all the important stuff on your computer. A copy of your data is stored in a secure, remote location for safekeeping, so that in the event of disaster your data is still retrievable.

Use coupon code SEPTEMBER to receive 10% off annual and biennial subscription this month. And special bonus for all MOMS, use this link to get a free t-shirt too!.

Prize: WonderMill Hand Mill
WINNER:
Linda Amori

Company/Website: The WonderMill
Description: WonderMilll Hand Mill already given away during the sign up stage of the 7 Day Challenge.

From September 1, 2009 through November 25, 2009 WonderMill is offering a $30 rebate on the hand mills AND electric mills. Click here for details.

Prize: TWENTY Dr. Kno Preparedness CD-ROMS
WINNERS:
1. Courtney Schloss
2. Whitney Kenney
3. Kathy Peterson
4. Brenda Mann
5. Amber Baer
6. Charlotte Meadows
7. Linda Sorden
8. Diana Starr
9. JoAnna Ebersole
10. Jennifer Pitzl
11. Debbie Wastart
12. Kathy Beachy
13. Michelle Niederhauser
14. Amanda Rowland
15. Amber Unfred
16. Rebekah Hamilton
17. Sheila Shepardson
18. Stephen Schaefer
19. Nicole Houghton
20. Katie Murray

Company/Website: Dr. Kno
Description: An interactive family preparedness CD-ROM that provides thorough preparedness guidelines and a life organizer software system. Manuals on the CD can be printed, or viewed on-screen for your family to use.

Prize: THREE Sets of Conversion Chart Magnets
WINNERS:
1. Rebecca Fryar
2. Barbara Pak
3. Julie Savage

Company/Website: Everyday Food Storage
Description: Crystal over at EverydayFoodStorage.Net has made her Powdered Milk Conversion chart into a slick kitchen magnet along with NEW charts for Magic Mix and Powdered Eggs! Now making your favorite recipes food storage recipes is even EASIER.

Prize: Rita Bingham Books -50 books at 50% off each
WINNERS:
FIRST 50 TO CLAIM:

1) Participants e-mail Natural Meals Publishing (order@naturalmeals.com) with their 50% off book choice(s) and contact information (along with a best time to call so they can call to get payment information)

2) Natural Meals will then contact the ones who are in the first 10 for each book and either take their order at that time, or give them the discount code so they can go directly to the website and place their order.

Company: Natural Meals Publishing
Description: Receive 50% off any of the following five books: Country Beans, Natural Meals in Minutes, The New Passport to Survival, Natural Sweets and Healthy Treats, and Food Combining Handbook. There will be 10 discounts given per book.

Prize: 30 Day Supply Bucket of Food
WINNER:
Shaunda Burns

Company: The Ready Project
Description: Affordable, long lasting gourmet food storage Starting at under $30 per month Shipped to your home monthly Easy to cook, just add water Stores for up to 15 years Compact size fits under beds and in cupboards Meets the minimum daily caloric needs recommended by the American Heart Association.

Prize: ONE Annual Membership, and SIX three-month memberships
WINNERS:
1. Sarah Hudson Hofhine (Annual)
2. Deana Marie Bushman
3. Christine Malone Scott
4. Debbie Arnell
5. Brandy Rydalch
6. Suzanne Monk Stokes
7. Michelle Chase Niederhauser

Company: Deals To Meals
Description: Deals to Meals tells you where the best deals are each week from all of the major grocery stores, help you know which items to add to your food storage and freezer each week. They also give you a weekly meal planner that is based around the best deals each week.

Prize: Customized Vinyl Labels
WINNER:
Dianne Dance Pabst

Company: Vintage Vinyl Decor
Description: Vinyl lettering to label food storage with. This lettering can be placed on your plastic buckets, other storage containers, shelving, almost anywhere. The award package would include: 2 sugar, 2 white flour, 1 wheat flour, 1 powdered milk, 1 red wheat, 1 white wheat, 1 oats, 1 white rice, + 10 your choice.. *in winners choice of red, brown or pink vinyl lettering

Prize: TEN Lifetime Memberships to Fresh Reminders
WINNERS:
1. Laura McMullin
2. Deborah Heavilin
3. Carlie Harding
4. Dara Smith
5. Laura Ann Atkin
6. Melissa Sanchez
7. Barbara Pak
8. Jana Glass
9. Dalene Hokanson
10. Susan Corinth

Company: Fresh Reminders
Description: Don’t let your hard-earned food storage go to waste because it expires! Fresh Reminders helps you keep track of all of those pesky expiration dates and will email you before your items go bad, helping you automatically rotate your food and stay safe. A free lifetime membership allows you to track an unlimited number of items, have first access to new features, and never see ads in your account.

Prize: Emergency Dynamo Lantern with Radio and 36 Hour Emergency Candle
WINNERS:
1. Tammy Thomas (Lantern with Radio)
2. Melanee Peterson (Candle)

Company: Ultimate 72 Hour Kits
Description: Incredible new bright LED dynamo lantern which never needs batteries. This product can charge a cell phone and has a USB tie which can charge an MP3 player. The energy stored is used to supply the LED Lights, FM Radio, and Siren. The candle is a must in all survival kits. It lasts for 36 hours and has an adjustable wick. The wick can be drawn up and used as a mini stove.

Prize: TWO copies of Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover
WINNERS:
1. Jocelyn Robertson
2. Lynne Tolman

Company: Getting Finances Done
Description: Learn how to get your finances under control with Dave’s Total Money Makeover and then come join me for my free program “12 Weeks to Fiscal Fitness” starting in September at my website Getting Finances Done.

Prize: Cansolidator Pantry
WINNER:
Jenni McVey

Company: Shelf Reliance
Description: Shelf Reliance is an industry leader in food storage and emergency preparedness. Their Cansolidator Pantry holds up to 40 cans and is perfect for food storage organization and rotation!

ALSO for ALL participants, use coupon code: “Challenge15” at checkout and get 15% off MSRP of any order (excluding multi-packs). Shelf Reliance always does free shipping for orders $199 or more.

Prize: A copy of Brite Music’s Safety Kids – Personal Safety digital set
WINNER:
 Amanda Arnold Hopkins

Company: Brite Music
Description: A copy of Brite Music’s Safety Kids – Personal Safety digital set. This includes the songs in MP3 format, and the activity book in .pdf format

Add discount code: 2080701 to receive 10% off your entire order, including sale items for ALL challenge participants.

Prize: 1 Week Supply of Freeze Dried Food Storage
WINNER:
Carolyn Barber

Company: Wise Company Food Storage
Description: This bucket includes – 2 meals a day – 1 breakfast and 1 entree (14 pouches of food) for a week for 4 adults OR 2 adults and 2-3 kids. Delicious and nutritious meals, just add hot water! It has a value of $120!!

IN ADDITION – they will give FREE SHIPPING on any orders placed this month by mentioning foodstoragemadeeasy.net. Contact this email tursh2000@yahoo.com to receive the free shipping incentive!

Prize: ONE case of canned cheddar cheese
WINNER:
Amber Woodcox Coyne

Company: Best Prices Storable Foods
Description: Creamy and delicious, REAL canned cheddar cheese that will store for 10-20 years or longer. A case contains 36 cans a $123 value.

Prize: SunDew Cold & Flu Defense System Kit
WINNER:
Rosa Fus

Company/Website: Soleil Life Sciences
Description: The SunDew Cold & Flu Defense System is the first product line to offer a complete solution to managing the common cold or flu. Protect with Hand Sanitizer, Support with Immune Booster, Fortify your body’s defenses under stress with First Response, and Treat symptoms and relieve discomfort with Cold & Flu Syrup.

Use coupon code: “foodstorage” to receive 25% off your order for ALL challenge participants!

Having conversions for things like powdered milk and powdered eggs on hand in your kitchen readily available is  A TREAT! Also, having cheese stored is a treat we know we would have a hard time living without!

Prize: A Set of Conversion Chart Magnets

WINNER: Rebecca Fryar (we’ll contact you soon to get you your prize)

(two more sets to come at the end)

Company/Website: Everyday Food Storage
Description: Crystal over at EverydayFoodStorage.Net has made her Powdered Milk Conversion chart into a slick kitchen magnet along with NEW charts for Magic Mix and Powdered Eggs! Now making your favorite recipes food storage recipes is even EASIER.

Prize: ONE case of canned cheddar cheese

WINNER: Amber Woodcox Coyne (we’ll contact you soon to get you your prize)

Company: Best Prices Storable Foods
Description: Creamy and delicious, REAL canned cheddar cheese that will store for 10-20 years or longer. A case contains 36 cans a $123 value.

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One of your family members calls you in a panic and says they need a treat for a party they are going to (they didn’t know about it, so don’t freak out at them!). You are stranded at home with no car, and can’t get to a store.

DEPENDING ON YOUR SCHEDULE… ONCE YOU MAKE THE TREAT YOU ARE OFFICIALLY DONE! IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A RESTAURANT TO CELEBRATE, OR EVEN JUST A STORE TO GRAB SOME STUFF YOU’RE FREE!

Sorry it’s an easy day! We’re TIRED!

• For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants (until your treat is made).
• You have run out of fresh butter (you can use shelf stable alternatives)
• You have run out of eggs milk (you can use powdered)
• You have run out of fresh milk (you can use powdered)
• Make a delicious dessert
• Once the dessert is ready, YOU ARE DONE!

ADVANCED “FOLKS” (for anyone who feels up to it)

• Try it with no perishables or pre-made mixes at all

Each day we will be giving a prize to someone who provided feedback to that day’s challenge.  *Click here to see who won DAY 6′S PRIZE. To provide feedback on today’s challenge, do one of the following:

It’s time to change those unhealthy eating habits! You have been diagnosed with all sorts of health problems.

• For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants.
• You can’t use any pre-packaged or convenience foods
• Your breakfast has to be low sugar
• Your lunch has to be low fat (if you’re at work already, think about what you could have brought or made)
• Your dinner has to be from scratch using whole grains and/or legumes
• You have to have 3-5 servings of fruits and vegetables today

ADVANCED “FOLKS” (for anyone who feels up to it)

• You have to figure out how many calories, grams of sugar, grams of fat, and grams of fiber are in what you are making
• Your whole family has to adapt to this healthy living for the day (you can’t just make yourself a healthy sandwich and give the kids hot dogs)

REMEMBER, TOMORROW’S LIMITATIONS AND TASKS WILL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. How long would you have lasted under these conditions?

Each day we will be giving a prize to someone who provided feedback to that day’s challenge.  *Click here to see who won the DAY 5’s PRIZE. To provide feedback on today’s challenge, do one of the following:

Make sure to read DAY 5’s facebook discussions and comments on the post to see what we all learned from having to pull cope with job loss, and water loss. (You can read it even if you don’t use facebook!)

When a natural disaster happens and computers with LOCAL external hard drives get crushed, or burned, having a safe back-up location for pictures, and files is GREAT to have (not to mention viruses and crashes).  Also, having lanterns and radios during earthquakes could come in HANDY for sure!

Prize: Annual Subscriptions to Mozy Online Backup

WINNER:Kari Brimhall (we’ll contact you at the end of the challenge to get you your prize)

(One more annual subscription to come at the end)

Company/Website: Mozy Unlimited Backup
Description: Mozy is a simple and safe way to back up all the important stuff on your computer. A copy of your data is stored in a secure, remote location for safekeeping, so that in the event of disaster your data is still retrievable.

BONUS FOR EVERYONE: Use coupon code SEPTEMBER to receive 10% off annual and biennial subscription this month. And special bonus for all MOMS, use this link to get a free t-shirt too!.

Prize: Emergency Dynamo Lantern Radio

WINNER: Tammy Thomas (we’ll contact you at the end of the challenge to get you your prize)

(36 Hour Emergency Candle still to come)

Company: Ultimate 72 Hour Kits
Description: Incredible new bright LED dynamo lantern which never needs batteries. This product can charge a cell phone and has a USB tie which can charge an MP3 player. The energy stored is used to supply the LED Lights, FM Radio, and Siren. The candle is a must in all survival kits. It lasts for 36 hours and has an adjustable wick. The wick can be drawn up and used as a mini stove.

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There has been an earthquake and you have lost some utilities

• For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants.
• Your water pipe broke, and you have no water access
• The power has been cut off
• It’s the 2nd day of the earthquake, your fridge food has gone bad, but the food in your freezer has managed to stay cold enough to use
• You’re driving home from checking on a family member and the road is blocked with a bunch of large rocks from the earthquake, did you have a small car shovel (this is a very highly recommended item to store in your car)
• During the earthquake a beam fell on your computer(s) and crushed it. Did you have your data backed up in a remote location?
• Keep your family entertained all day with no power

ADVANCED “FOLKS” (for anyone who feels up to it)

• If you have a generator – it got CRUSHED!
• Unfortunately all fridges and freezers in your home ALSO got crushed!

REMEMBER, TOMORROW’S LIMITATIONS AND TASKS WILL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. How long would you have lasted under these conditions?

Each day we will be giving a prize to someone who provided feedback to that day’s challenge.  *Click here to see who won Day 4’s PRIZE. To provide feedback on today’s challenge, do one of the following:

Make sure to read DAY 4’s facebook discussions and comments on the post to see what we all learned from having to pull cope with job loss, and water loss. (You can read it even if you don’t use facebook!)

Being prepared for a financial crisis is just as important, if not MORE important then a natural disaster (the chance of you losing your job is much higher.)  Also, when money is tight, remember doing fun educational activities around the house can be just as fun as a movie night out, or spending money on other activities.

Prize: Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover Book

WINNER: Jocelyn Robertson (we’ll contact you at the end of the challenge to get you your prize)

(Another copy coming at the end!)

Company: Getting Finances Done

Description: Learn how to get your finances under control with Dave’s Total Money Makeover and then come join me for my free program “12 Weeks to Fiscal Fitness” starting in September at my website Getting Finances Done.

BONUS FOR EVERYONE: Starting mid-September Getting Finances Done will be starting a FREE series called “12 Weeks to Fiscal Fitness.” Learn the secrets of how to get control over your finances and how to reach your financial goals with detailed step-by-step instruction. Sign up today!

Prize: A copy of Brite Music’s Safety Kids – Personal Safety digital set

WINNER: Amanda Arnold Hopkins (we’ll contact you at the end of the challenge to get you your prize)

Company: Brite Music
Description: A copy of Brite Music’s Safety Kids – Personal Safety digital set. This includes the songs in MP3 format, and the activity book in .pdf format ALSO –

BONUS FOR EVERYONE: Add discount code: 2080701 to receive 10% off your entire order, including sale items for ALL challenge participants.

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Times are tough. You have no income at the time. You have lost some critical utilities and are having to cut back on certain items.  It’s also the weekend, you’ve had a rough week and want to do something fun with your family or your friends.

***IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SUNDAY’S CHALLENGE: We want you to get the full effect of Sunday’s challenge so make sure to check your email Saturday night after 8 pm MST (that means winners for today’s prizes will be chosen by 8 pm also)***

• For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants.
• Your water got shut off because you couldn’t pay your bill last month (remember toilets use 1 1/2-3 gallons of your stored water PER FLUSH)
• You no longer have cable, internet (except for the challenge), or cell phones due to lack of money
• You ran out of bread, need some, and can’t afford store bought -YES today is the day you have to actually try making bread
• You can’t participate in activities that are paid for
• Do a fun activity with your family, or with your friends that costs no money outside of the home

ADVANCED “FOLKS” (for anyone who feels up to it)

• You can’t afford gas for your car, and you’re on empty
• Your power gets shut off too!

REMEMBER, TOMORROW’S LIMITATIONS AND TASKS WILL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. How long would you have lasted under these conditions?

Each day we will be giving a prize to someone who provided feedback to that day’s challenge.  *Click here to see who won Day 3’s PRIZE. To provide feedback on today’s challenge, do one of the following:

Your spouse calls and announces their boss is coming over for dinner (or your boss invites themselves over for dinner TONIGHT!).  You have no WAY to go to the store, and you have to come up with an impressive meal from what you already have in your home.

THESE LIMITATIONS AND TASKS ARE ALL NEW, THE FIRST 2 DAYS LIMITATIONS DO NOT APPLY!

• For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants.
• You can use whatever food you have in your house (includes fridge, freezer)
• The meal has to have an appetizer
• The main course can’t use meat because the boss is a vegetarian (your meal CAN use milk, and dairy)
• You have to have at least 2 side dishes for the dinner
• The meal has to have a dessert
• You have to get other family members to help you make the meal and or set the table “NICELY” (share your pictures on facebook)
• Your house probably should be clean (even though that’s not a “food storage” thing)
• Brainstorm what other types of “everyday” emergencies you may have, and how you could better prepare for them

ADVANCED “FOLKS” (for anyone who feels up to it)

• You only have 1 hour from when you start to finish making the meal

REMEMBER, TOMORROW’S LIMITATIONS AND TASKS WILL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. How long would you have lasted under these conditions?

Each day we will be giving a prize to someone who provided feedback to that day’s challenge.  *Click here to see who won DAY 2′S PRIZE. To provide feedback on today’s challenge, do one of the following:

There has been an outbreak of the swine flu (or something like it) in your city, and you are ordered into quarantine in your home. (YESTERDAY’S LIMITATIONS DON’T APPLY, THESE ARE ALL NEW)

• For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants. Today is more of a “THINKING” day then “DOING” day
• You can’t leave your house at all (if you have a prior commitment we understand, we both have something Thursday evening we committed to months ago!)
• Some of your family members have been infected and have fevers/ stomach flus and need proper medication
• You need to provide comfort foods to infected family members to make them feel better
• You have used up ALL the toilet paper and paper towels in your bathroom and kitchen, you can only use what you have stored extra (wherever that may be)
• The family members that have not been infected will stay healthy so long as they follow proper recommendations, meaning proper hand washing and sanitizing, and even wear face masks

ADVANCED “FOLKS” (for anyone who feels up to it)

• This is the 7th day or your quarantine, so ALL your fridge food is gone
• You actually REALLY have to stay home – NO CHEATING!

REMEMBER, TOMORROW’S LIMITATIONS AND TASKS WILL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. How long would you have lasted under these conditions, would you be able to stay in your house for an extended amount of time?

Each day we will be giving away a prize that will be drawn randomly among all of that day’s participants (along with LOTS more prizes at the end).  *Click here to see who won the DAY 1 (Wednesday) PRIZE. To provide feedback on today’s challenge, do one of the following:

Make sure to read DAY 1’s facebook discussions to see what we all learned from living through a flood and evacuation. (You can read it even if you don’t use facebook!)

In a situation where you have no power, a hungry family, and are totally stressed out, wouldn’t it be nice to have some food you can just add hot water to and eat? We’d rather boil water than bake bread Also, does your family really know what to do in a flood situation? Having what you need is one thing, knowing what to do is another BIG part!

Prize: 30 Day Supply Bucket of Food

WINNER:
Shaunda Burns (we’ll contact you at the end of the challenge)

Company: The Ready Project
Description: Affordable, long lasting gourmet food storage Starting at under $30 per month Shipped to your home monthly Easy to cook, just add water Stores for up to 15 years Compact size fits under beds and in cupboards Meets the minimum daily caloric needs recommended by the American Heart Association. Use referral code 61838 to get 5% off your first order!

Prize: Dr. Kno Preparedness CD-ROM

(19 MORE to come at the end)

WINNER:
Courtney Schloss (We’ll contact you at the end of the challenge)

Company/Website: Dr. Kno
Description: An interactive family preparedness CD-ROM that provides thorough preparedness guidelines and a life organizer software system. Manuals on the CD can be printed, or viewed on-screen for your family to use.

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There has been a flood and everyone in your city has been told to evacuate their homes for part of the day.

• For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants.
• You have no power for the whole day (except to fill out the questionnaire, or chat on facebook about what you are learning!)
• You have to “leave” your house within an hour for at least 5 hours (but you don’t know if your house is going to be there when you get back).
• You can only grab what is in your disasters kit and ALREADY on your grab list  when you leave.  *remember your house may be destroyed when you get back
• You have to eat the food from your 72 hour kit while you are gone
• Your family gets soaking wet during evacuation, and one of your family members cuts their toe open
• Your spouse is at work. You have to meet at your pre-determined meeting location when he or she is done work
• Once your whole family reunites you can return to your house
• When you get home, your fridge food is ruined, your basement food is flooded, and you need to make dinner with no power
• Keep your family entertained with no power (remember, after dark the lights, tv, appliances etc wont work!)

ADVANCED “FOLKS” (for anyone who feels up to it)


• You have to stay out of your house until it’s bed time
• You can only eat your 72 hour kit food the whole day
• You forgot your cell phone at home when you evacuated

REMEMBER, TOMORROW’S LIMITATIONS AND TASKS WILL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. How long would you have lasted under these conditions?

Each day we will be giving a prize to someone who provided feedback to that day’s challenge.  *Click here to see who won the “pre-challenge” giveaway. To provide feedback on today’s challenge, do one of the following:

Pre-Challenge Giveaway

Last week we HAD a little “pre-challenge” giveaway for you.  Read more about it here. Now that the challenge has officially started, we’re announcing the pre-challenge giveaway winners…

RANDOM winners of the Food Storage Made Easy EBOOK Binders:

WINNER #1: Kim Armer Watterson for discussing on facebook

WINNER #2: Lisa Heltie for filling out questionnaire #209

Winners, we’ll contact you to get you prize emailed out to you! If you didn’t win, here’s how you can get your own.

You can grab a copy of our binder ebook to help you get a start on some recipes. But like I said, there are a LOT of other resources online such as our sister site http://everydayfoodstorage.net that may have recipes that you are using on a regular basis. So get on the computer and get printing!

Ok we gotta stop giving hints or this is going to be too easy

-MAKE SURE to get your family involved. Let them know it’s coming. Go over the family plan with them. Get them to commit to participating with you and learning along the way.  It could be a fun activity to do say…. TONIGHT!

-Print out this to do list. It’s a pdf we made for you that will act as your future “to-do list”.  Through out the week as you realize you are missing things, jot them down so that you can essentially create your own list of goals as you go.

-Have water stored. As we mentioned in our intro post (if you haven’t watched it yet, make sure you do) each day we will focus on a different reason why it’s good to have food storage. In other words it wont be a whole week of absolute mahem, but there may be a day or two you need water… ahem ahem.

Good luck, make sure you’re signed up and keep checking your emails or the blog.

For those of you who just can’t wait for some details on how it’s going to work… here is some insight

1. Each day you will receive an email telling you the basics of what type of emergency happened that day.

2. You then visit the blog for a full list of limitations and TASKS you have to do that day.

3. Through out each day, fill out the questionnaire on our blog and discuss what you learned on our facebook fan page FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THAT DAY’S PRIZE. Doing either of these things enters you to win, so don’t worry if you don’t have facebook.

4. At the end of each day – we’ll announce that day’s winners.

THEN REPEAT EACH DAY FOR 7 DAYS! ARE YOU READY?

At the VERY end we will still have LOTS of prizes for you to win as well. We’ll keep you posted on that!

We’ll see you soon and WE”RE SO EXCITED!

P.S. If you are like Jodi, and Julie’s husband and can’t seem to live without soda (they come from the same family)  make sure you have some stored! No spending money for 7 days means no big-gulps for 7 days, oh wait, did we just give another hint?

Pre-Challenge Giveaway

To kick-start us off on awarding all of our fabulous prizes, we have a little “pre-challenge” giveaway for you. Go and check out the list of over 100 prizes and sponsors of this year’s challenge.

THE WINNERS OF THIS GIVEAWAY HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED! TO SEE THE WINNERS CLICK HERE.

Prize
2 Food Storage Made Easy eBook Binders

How to Enter (one winner from each)

• Visit our Facebook Discussion page and leave a post telling us which prize(s) you want to win most and WHY
  AND/OR
• Fill out the short questionnaire below (hold the control or apple button to select more than one prize)

Today we are revealing the 10 th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: AWARDS AND PRIZES! We’re so excited and grateful to all the generous sponsors who have donated prizes to help make the challenge even more fun and rewarding. We hope you will show your support and gratitude to them, by checking out their sites and products.

And now the part you’ve been waiting for. Here is a list of all the prizes. Prizes will be given out throughout the week of the challenge — and at the end. There are going to be multiple ways to win prizes, which we’ll explain more as the challenge starts.

MAKE SURE YOU READ THROUGH THEM ALL BECAUSE A FEW OF THEM HAVE DISCOUNT CODES FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS!

Prize: Food Storage Made Easy eBook Binders

Company/Website: Food Storage Made Easy
Description: A comprehensive step-by-step guide to getting your emergency preparedness plan, water storage, and food storage put together in just ONE YEAR! Includes checklists, calculators, detailed information on long term food storage, and a large recipe appendix.

Prize: TWO Annual Subscriptions to Mozy Online Backup

Company/Website: Mozy Unlimited Backup
Description: Mozy is a simple and safe way to back up all the important stuff on your computer. A copy of your data is stored in a secure, remote location for safekeeping, so that in the event of disaster your data is still retrievable. Use coupon code SEPTEMBER to receive 10% off annual and biennial subscription this month.

Prize: WonderMill Hand Mill and REBATE

Company/Website: The WonderMill
Description: WonderMilll Hand Mill already given away during the sign up stage of the 7 Day Challenge. $30 rebate on electric OR hand mill for all readers and challenge participants!

Prize: TWENTY Dr. Kno Preparedness CD-ROMS

Company/Website: Dr. Kno
Description: An interactive family preparedness CD-ROM that provides thorough preparedness guidelines and a life organizer software system. Manuals on the CD can be printed, or viewed on-screen for your family to use.

Prize: THREE Sets of Conversion Chart Magnets

Company/Website: Everyday Food Storage
Description: Crystal over at EverydayFoodStorage.Net has made her Powdered Milk Conversion chart into a slick kitchen magnet along with NEW charts for Magic Mix and Powdered Eggs! Now making your favorite recipes food storage recipes is even EASIER.

Prize: Rita Bingham Books -50 books at 50% off each

Company: Natural Meals Publishing
Description: Receive 50% off any of the following five books: Country Beans, Natural Meals in Minutes, The New Passport to Survival, Natural Sweets and Healthy Treats, and Food Combining Handbook. There will be 10 discounts given per book – Details to follow.

Prize: 30 Day Supply Bucket of Food

Company: The Ready Project
Description: Affordable, long lasting gourmet food storage Starting at under $30 per month Shipped to your home monthly Easy to cook, just add water Stores for up to 15 years Compact size fits under beds and in cupboards Meets the minimum daily caloric needs recommended by the American Heart Association.

Prize: ONE Annual Membership, and SIX three-month memberships

Company: Deals To Meals
Description: Deals to Meals tells you where the best deals are each week from all of the major grocery stores, help you know which items to add to your food storage and freezer each week. They also give you a weekly meal planner that is based around the best deals each week.

Prize: Customized Vinyl Labels

Company: Vintage Vinyl Decor
Description: Vinyl lettering to label food storage with. This lettering can be placed on your plastic buckets, other storage containers, shelving, almost anywhere. The award package would include: 2 sugar, 2 white flour, 1 wheat flour, 1 powdered milk, 1 red wheat, 1 white wheat, 1 oats, 1 white rice, + 10 your choice.. *in winners choice of red, brown or pink vinyl lettering

Prize: TEN Lifetime Memberships to Fresh Reminders

Company: Fresh Reminders
Description: Don’t let your hard-earned food storage go to waste because it expires! Fresh Reminders helps you keep track of all of those pesky expiration dates and will email you before your items go bad, helping you automatically rotate your food and stay safe. A free lifetime membership allows you to track an unlimited number of items, have first access to new features, and never see ads in your account.

Prize: Emergency Dynamo Lantern with Radio and 36 Hour Emergency Candle

Company: Ultimate 72 Hour Kits
Description: Incredible new bright LED dynamo lantern which never needs batteries. This product can charge a cell phone and has a USB tie which can charge an MP3 player. The energy stored is used to supply the LED Lights, FM Radio, and Siren. The candle is a must in all survival kits. It lasts for 36 hours and has an adjustable wick. The wick can be drawn up and used as a mini stove.

Prize: TWO copies of Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover

Company: Getting Finances Done
Description: Learn how to get your finances under control with Dave’s Total Money Makeover and then come join me for my free program “12 Weeks to Fiscal Fitness” starting in September at my website Getting Finances Done.

Prize: Cansolidator Pantry

Company: Shelf Reliance
Description: Shelf Reliance is an industry leader in food storage and emergency preparedness. Their Cansolidator Pantry holds up to 40 cans and is perfect for food storage organization and rotation! ALSO for ALL participants, use coupon code: “Challenge15” at checkout and get 15% off MSRP of any order (excluding multi-packs). Shelf Reliance always does free shipping for orders $199 or more.

Prize: A copy of Brite Music’s Safety Kids – Personal Safety digital set

Company: Brite Music
Description: A copy of Brite Music’s Safety Kids – Personal Safety digital set. This includes the songs in MP3 format, and the activity book in .pdf format ALSO – Add discount code: 2080701 to receive 10% off your entire order, including sale items for ALL challenge participants.

Prize: 1 Week Supply of Freeze Dried Food Storage

Company: Wise Company Food Storage
Description: This bucket includes – 2 meals a day – 1 breakfast and 1 entree (14 pouches of food) for a week for 4 adults OR 2 adults and 2-3 kids. Delicious and nutritious meals, just add hot water! It has a value of $120!! IN ADDITION – they will give FREE SHIPPING on any orders placed this month by mentioning foodstoragemadeeasy.net. Contact this email tursh2000@yahoo.com to receive the free shipping incentive!

Prize: ONE case of canned cheddar cheese

Company: Best Prices Storable Foods
Description: Creamy and delicious, REAL canned cheddar cheese that will store for 10-20 years or longer. A case contains 36 cans a $123 value.

Prize: SunDew Cold & Flu Defense System Kit

Company/Website: Soleil Life Sciences
Description: The SunDew Cold & Flu Defense System is the first product line to offer a complete solution to managing the common cold or flu. Protect with Hand Sanitizer, Support with Immune Booster, Fortify your body’s defenses under stress with First Response, and Treat symptoms and relieve discomfort with Cold & Flu Syrup. Use coupon code: “foodstorage” to receive 25% off your order for ALL challenge participants!

Today we are revealing the 9th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: FACEBOOK FUN AND SUPPORT!

Can you believe it’s almost September??? We have been working hard lining up some amazing sponsors for the challenge (check back Monday for the full list). Remember this is a learning experience for us all so we are going to be giving away prizes to those who come and share what they are learning.

We have decided to utilize our Facebook Fan Page to have an easy and safe environment to share our photos, videos, and stories about our 7 Day Challenge experiences. Each day that you come and contribute you will earn an entry into our daily giveaway. Check out this short video we put together to help you learn how to better use our Fan Page, especially with regards to the 7 Day Challenge.
 

p.s. Leave us a comment or come chat on facebook and let us know if you are doing any last minute preparations for the challenge!

With the Seven Day Challenge approaching on a surprise day in September, I wanted to make sure to really be on top of things (especially things I know I’ll need – hint hint!)

If you haven’t signed up already, make sure you do- there are some awesome prizes we’ll be announcing Monday.

As you guys know, we’re hoping to have some awesome prizes for the Challenge. We’ve emailed a bunch of places, but thought it would be good to post this here for anyone interested in “donating”.

We already have close to 1500 participants that are eager to see if they are prepared! Our challenge is listed on the Ready.gov events calendar as an official event for Emergency Preparedness week so we should be getting some more sign-ups from that too! (Just choose your state and we should be listed on September 1st, cool huh?)

As a part of the challenge we want to have offer prizes for participants that are donated by sponsors. Some of the winners will include:

-people who follow the challenge perfectly (and “survive”)
-people who provide feedback of what they could have done differently
-people who share ideas
and lots more…

If you’re in the “industry”, or even NOT in the industry and want to have a chance to have exposure for your product, we’ll take it!

We’re going to be announcing all our prizes on August 31, so if you can get back to us by next Friday August 28, we’d greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your time. Email us at info@foodstoragemadeeasy.net.

P.S. Check back later on Monday for Jodi’s summer gardening report. She wont be bragging about this one

So, here we go…. drumroll – and the winner is: LINDA AMORI! We’ll be emailing you later today to get your information and your Wonder Junior Deluxe sent off!

Just as a reminder the Wondermill has their $20 rebate going on with the Hand Mill until TOMORROW. So unless your name is Linda Amori, make sure to hurry up and get yours before the rebate is gone! Remember we are dealers for the Wondermill and get you the lowest prices, along with free shipping* on both Wondermill Electric and Hand Grinders.

NEXT WEEK: We’ll be finishing up the last Beyond the BabySteps post for our last 2 babysteps, then moving into a couple fun and exciting things for our Seven Day Challenge you wont want to miss. We’re so excited to test out our food storage supplies for 7 days and see where we stand, coming on a surprise day in September!

p.s. Yesterday, we did a post on sprouting that didn’t go live until late late in the evening, so in case you missed it, make sure you check it out. It had some great information.

We want to remind everyone of the Wondermill Hand Grinder giveaway going on. When you sign up for the Challenge you are automatically entered, and for each friend you refer to the Seven Day Challenge, you get an EXTRA ENTRY TO WIN. So go ahead, remind all your friends. We will be announcing the winner THIS FRIDAY morning, so hurry up and spread the word!

Just as a reminder the Wondermill has their $20 rebate going on with the Hand Mill until THIS Saturday. So if you don’t win Friday, make sure to hurry up and get yours before the rebate is gone! Remember we are dealers for the Wondermill and get you the lowest prices, along with free shipping* on both Wondermill Electric and Hand Grinders.

Can’t wait to start the challenge and learn from each other,

*(within the U.S. not including Hawaii and Alaska)

We decided it would be good to revise each BabyStep as part of our Summer Crash Course. So jump in and get started … it’s not too late! This week we are covering the following steps:

BabyStep 8: Fruits and Vegetables (click here to view the full step)
BabyStep 9: Comfort Foods (click here to view the full step)
BabyStep 10: Fruits and Vegetables (click here to view the full step)

    

• Updated each page to reflect the ideas shared in comments
  - Items with an * are new to the list
• Updated the online resources of each page

Homemade Applesauce Recipe & Canning
Best Rice Krispie Squares
Cleaning Supplies Using Food Storage

Stay tuned for some advanced posts on this topic coming later this week.

We decided it would be good to revise each BabyStep as part of our Summer Crash Course. So jump in and get started … it’s not too late! This week we are covering BabyStep 7: Baking and Misc Ingredients (click here to view the full step)

• Updated key points
• Added instructions for making brown sugar
• Added a dairy section including eggs, butter, sour cream

• Food Storage Shelf Lives
• Holiday Baking + Food Storage
• Cleaning Supplies Using Food Storage Items

p.s. Stay tuned for a more advanced post on this topic coming later this week

Today we are revealing the 8th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: NETWORK HELPS!

We wanted to remind everyone as they are getting ready for the 7 Day Challenge to use our sister sites from the Fun With Food Storage Network. Crystal shares great cooking tips and recipe ideas, while Andrea helps you figure out where to buy your food storage items.

We’re half way through the summer crash course and we hope you are gearing up for a great challenge coming this fall!

Today we are revealing the 7th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: BINDER UPDATES FOR LIFE!

For those of you who have purchased our Food Storage Made Easy DOWNLOADABLE Binder- you may have been worrying: “What happens when Jodi and Julie do updates to BabySteps, or great new posts!?!?! I want those in my binder too!”

Well we’ve been waiting for the right moment to tell you, but when you purchased a copy of of the Food Storage Made Easy Binder, you qualified to be emailed* in pdf format:

• BabySteps Pages as they are revised
• Extra special posts that we publish new since the binder was created
• Updates to any checklists or recipes we have in the original binder

The first set up updates will be emailed* to you as pdf’s after the summer crash course is finished and will include:

• All 10 BabySteps sheets REVISED!
• Shelf Life handout
• Water Evaporation Still post
• Copies of our Bucket Labels
• What To Do With Extra #10 Cans Post
• AND more!

So, if you haven’t already purchased your DOWNLOADABLE Binder, hurry up- buy it, start using it to get ready for the Seven Day Challenge, then enjoy it forever as you will always have the newest and most up to date information sent right to your email* (and we will always format them nicely to match the rest of your binder — no more ugly website printouts!)

***IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU EMAIL US***

If you have already purchased a Food Storage Made Easy Downloadable Binder, you will be sent an email in the next few weeks with a link to sign up for the binders for life updates. By signing up for the list, you will automatically get the updates forever.

If you were given the Binder as a gift by someone who purchased multiple copies, we will not have your email address- to sign up to receive the binders for life bonus, see the “Upgrade Option” at the bottom of the Binders in Bulk page.

We decided it would be good to revise each BabyStep as part of our Summer Crash Course. So jump in and get started … it’s not too late! This week we are covering BabyStep 4: Long Term Food Storage Education (click here to view the full step)

• Updated the key points and split them into categories
• Added tutorial video for Food Storage Calculator
• Added printable pdf version of the Food Storage Calculator
• Added numerous books and websites in the resources section

Food Storage Made Easy Recipes Page
Food Storage Shelf Life
Food Storage and Money Savings
Long Term Calculator Q&A (scroll down to read more about our milk recommendations)

Stay tuned for a more advanced post on this topic coming later this week

Today we are revealing the 6th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: THE THREE MONTH PLAN SURPRISE!

For a Beyond the BabySteps concept for BabyStep 3: Three Month Food Supply, we have been asked by a number of people how we can share our 3 Month Food Supply Plans.

Over the next couple of months as you get ready for the Seven Day Challenge, we NEED YOU to work on your 3 month spreadsheet. We’re going to be developing a way for you to send us your spreadsheets and be able to share the information with each other on the web. If we all come together and share our ideas, we’ll all be more prepared! What a great way we can do our part and share and serve!

We have some of the details planned, and some YET to plan but let’s just say it’s going to be AWESOME!

Hint to make the sharing easier…while you are completing your spreadsheets, open up a word file and jot down any recipes that you are using in your spreadsheet (for meals that require recipes)… We’ll tell you how it will all work after the Seven Day Challenge… Women can only multi-task so much

We decided it would be good to revise each BabyStep as part of our Summer Crash Course. So jump in and get started … it’s not too late! This week we are covering BabyStep 3: Three Month Food Supply (click here to view the full step)

• ADDED ADDITIONAL features to the 3 month food supply spreadsheet!
• Common Foods Sheet included on spreadsheet!
• Non-Food Items Sheet included on spreadsheet!
• EXTRA tutorial video for additional features in the excel plan (includes instructions on how to update your spreadsheet if you have already completed the current one.
• Added a link to our sister site who has great tips on buying your 3 month food supply.

Food Storage and Money Savings

Stay tuned for a more advanced post on this topic coming later this week

We decided it would be good to revise each BabyStep as part of our Summer Crash Course. So jump in and get started … it’s not too late! This week we are covering BabyStep 2: Water (click here to view the full step)

• Updated key points relating to:
  • Water storage for pets
  • Storing water in multiple sizes of containers
  • Refilling your water containers annually
• Revised all of the resources to include more helpful links

Water Purification
Alternate Water Sources

Stay tuned for a more advanced post on this topic coming later this week!

Today we are revealing the 5th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION!

Throughout the 7 days of the Challenge you will get an email each day that describes what has happened that day and what kinds of foods/utilities you have access to (hint: you might not always have access to your fridge food). Being that we are all at different levels of preparation and progress, we know that for some people certain aspects will be either too hard or too easy.

So don’t fret! In each email, we will be giving you beginner type scenarios, and advanced type scenarios. You will be able to choose which level of participation you feel ready for (wouldn’t that be nice in a real emergency?). We want this challenge to be fun and to be a learning experience/starting point. If we make it too intense, we’ll be in trouble! After all, we’re participating in the challenge ourselves and we still feel like beginners too!

If you haven’t signed up yet, make sure to fill out the form on our main 7 Day Challenge page.

We decided it would be good to revise each BabyStep as part of our Summer Crash Course. So jump in and get started … it’s not too late! This week we are covering BabyStep 1: Shelves (click here to view the full step)

• Updated different shelving idea links
• Added information about storing larger items (5 gallon buckets/water containers)
• Added the #10 can post to the step
• Revised the online resources to include more shelf plan options

How To Build Your Own Can Rotating Rack
Small Spaces Storage Solutions – RESULTS
What to do with Extra #10 Food Storage Cans

Stay tuned for a more advanced post on this topic coming later this week (hint it is something we have received a LOT of requests for!)

Today we are revealing the 4th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: THE SUMMER CRASH COURSE!

In order to make the Seven Day Challenge easier for everyone to participate (including BEGINNERS) we are going to use the summer to do a crash course. No – you’re not in summer school but you will be cramming! hehe.

Each week for the next 10 weeks we will be focusing on revamping, adding, and simplifying all of our 10 BabySteps with either new research or things we have learned since we wrote them all last year. This is our one year anniversary month and boy have we learned a lot in the past year! The BabySteps are the BASIS for the BabySteps Checklists we send out every 2 weeks via email. The checklists help you gather your food storage over a year, while the actual BabySteps are the research and information organized on the site.

Each week expect the 2 following types of posts:

Early in the Week:
A post explaining the revisions found on each of the Babysteps including a list of the best posts on that topic.

Later in the Week:
A “Beyond the BabySteps” post with more detailed information on the BabyStep we revised earlier that week.

We wanted to include all the new participants and also give some of our long-time readers some new stuff, so be ready for some fun learning to help you get ready for the Seven Day Challenge coming this fall!

SPECIAL NOTE:
Make sure to check back often because in the midst of these posts, we’ll also be revealing more puzzles to the Seven Day Challenge!

Today we are revealing the 3rd piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: A BUTTON! Plus bonus ways to help you encourage your friends to get involved. For each friend you refer to The Challenge you earn an extra entry for the WonderMill giveaway. Plus it’s so much more fun to do this with friends!

Post a link on your Facebook Wall (and update your status!)
- Link to http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/7day for the main page and sign-up form
- Don’t forget to Become a Fan of Food Storage Made Easy while you’re there.

Post the link on Twitter
- Click here for a sample Tweet

Do a blog post or send an email to your friends
- Feel free to use our samples if you like (PDF Flyer, HTML Post, Plain Text Email)

Add the 7 Day Challenge Button to your Blog
Encourage your friends to join with you (AND give you the credit)

To add the button just add an html widget to your layout and paste this html code inside. Make sure you give the widget a title…

<a href=http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/7day/#.html target=_blank><img src=http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/fsme/images/challengebutton.png></a><br><br>

Come back Monday to find out how we’re going to help you get ready by September (even if you are just getting started). It’s going to be so much fun and it’s our Blog Anniversary gift to you!

Today we are revealing the first puzzle piece of The Challenge which is a HUGE giveaway for helping to spread the word about The Seven Day Challenge. The WonderMill company has graciously offered to donate a Wonder Junior Deluxe hand grinder as the grand prize for our giveaway. This hand grinder is a perfect appliance to have on hand in case there is a power outage as part of The Seven Day Challenge. We will randomly select a winner from all of the entries on August 15th.

1. Sign up for the Seven Day Challenge (1 entry)
2. Tell all your friends about the Seven Day Challenge
3. For every friend that lists you in the “Referrer” box, you get 1 additional entry

Don’t forget, if you don’t want to wait for the giveaway, you can always purchase a Wonder Junior Deluxe or Basic model from our Grain Mills product page. (And make sure to take advantage of the $20 rebate currently being offered!)

What is The Seven Day Challenge

The Seven Day Challenge is a mock disaster that will last 7 Days in which we will be initiating an emergency “fire drill”. Participants will have a chance to test their level of preparedness in a simulated emergency environment. Each day during the Seven Day Challenge you will receive an email informing you which utilities and/or food items you will have access to. At the conclusion of the Seven Day Challenge participants will have means to share, discuss, and give feedback on how they could have been “better” prepared.

When will it start?

We wanted to give you the whole summer to really hash out your emergency preparedness plan and get a solid start on your food storage. So we will give notification sometime in the month of September (no we won't tell you the exact date!) that the challenge has begun. Even if you are just getting started now, you will have enough time to fully participate in our challenge. And the best part is we have TONS of exciting things we will be doing this summer to help everyone prepare for the challenge.

Will this be fun?

If you have been following our blog, you know that we HAVE to make everything fun! So we have created a 7 Day Challenge puzzle which we will be revealing one piece at a time. Each piece will contain more information about the challenge such as prizes, how the challenge will work, helpful tips, etc. So check our blog frequently and/or add us to your RSS feeds or Twitter so you can keep up with all the excitement!

Check back later this week to find out how you can sign up for the 7 Day Challenge as we reveal our first piece of the puzzle. TRUST US YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS! (*hint* There just so happens to be an amazing giveaway going along with it!)