AND THE WINNER IS: Tammy

There was no last name in the comment but we will be emailing you to get your address to receive your prize. Congratulations!

If you want to get your own water storage kits or anything else from Emergency Essentials, make sure to CLICK HERE to get free shipping on your first order over $30! This is a special deal they are giving just for Food Storage Made Easy readers. We love hooking you guys up with great deals Julie is loving her boxes and Jodi ordered a set of her own as well.

Here’s another look at how the Water Storage Boxes worked for us:

In our quest to find a solution, Jodi came across Water Kits from Emergency Essentials while she was at an Emergency Preparedness Fair put on by her church. Here is a run down of the product taken from the website:

Basic 25 Gallon Boxed Water Kit

When the emergency requires you to evacuate, this kit possibly is, besides your family, the most important item to take with you. After filling, each box weighs approximately 40 lbs. The kit includes five heavy-duty (stackable up to three high to save space) each with its own metalized five-gallon water storage bag with pour spout. In an emergency, the heavy-duty boxes can be converted to portable toilets, making the kit even more useful.

We got in touch with Emergency Essentials and they had us try them out, and are doing a FREE GIVEAWAY of a set for our readers. In conjunction with the giveaway, they are also offering readers free shipping on reader’s first order over $30.00. Make sure to click on the sidebar ad to get the free shipping!

To enter the giveaway you may do any of the following for up to 3 entries:
1. Sign up for Emergency Essentials email newsletter (this can be done on top center of the homepage at beprepared.com)
2. Become a fan of Emergency Essentials on facebook
3. Become a follower of Preparedness Pantry (Blog of Emergency Essentials)

Leave up to 3 comments for each of the 3 items that you did to enter, if you are already a fan or on the newsletter list simply let us know that in the comment as well. Thanks! WE’LL BE DRAWING THE WINNER IN 2 WEEKS!

This set stores 25 gallons of water for $35! When we shopped around for our plastic jugs we couldn’t beat that price! We especially like that you can store 3 high and save SPACE. We mentioned these as a great gift idea in our 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS! Check that out if you haven’t already!

Here is a little journey of us putting them together.

Although Food Storage (and Christmas for that matter) are a lot about food, we can’t forget the non-food items that are important and necessary to store! Remember to share some of these ideas and cuten them up with ribbons and the Day 11 Tags:

Tube of Toothpaste

Do we need to explain much here?

Package of Toilet Paper

Again, enough said

Assortment of Paper Products or Cleaning Supplies

Put together a gift basket, full of items from our non-foods list. These kinds of things are really nice for people on a tight budget because they aren’t things you think of as life-sustaining, but you would NOT want to be without them in an emergency.

Back to the 12 Days List

Now we’re on to the real nuts and bolts of Food Storage. Help someone out this holiday season by showing them how to actually USE their Food Storage. Day 6 is going to start the actual food items with GRAINS. Make sure to add your Day 6 Tags to whichever gift option you choose.

Blender Wheat Pancake Mix

If you haven’t seen Crystal’s Blender Wheat Pancake mix gift idea, you’re gonna love it! Check it out here. It wont cost you much, but will surely impress and motivate someone to use their food storage.

Wheat and Handout

Get some of those cute decorative plastic food baggies and fill it with your favorite grain. Maybe wheat, pasta, rice – whatever you wish. If you fill it with Wheat for someone who doesn’t have a wheat grinder, make sure you print out this post for them. It has A BUNCH of ideas on how to use wheat without a wheat grinder.

WonderMill

If you’re feeling REALLY, and we mean REALLY generous – give the gift of a WonderMill! For the month of December Wondermill has their electric mills on sale for $239.95. We’re dealers and offer free shipping – so now is the perfect time for a gift you know they will love!

Back to the 12 Days List

To enter, simply add our NEW button to your blog to help us spread the word about Food Storage. You don’t even have to write a post about us – well unless you want to…

Email us at info@foodstoragemadeeasy.net with your blog address so we can see the button, and we’ll put you in the mix to be a lucky winner. If your blog is private, send us the link and we’ll just trust you. If you don’t have a blog email us and we’ll give you another way to enter. Entries are due November 19!

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The first resource is our recently added 5 part series on “Why People Build a Food Storage”.  So many people have stumbled upon our site wondering what this is all about.  So feel free to pass along this link to people who are new to Food Storage.

The second resources is our “7 Day Challenge Report” pdf that we recently published with all our, and our readers findings on living 7 days of emergencies. We learned so much from each other and this pdf has incredible tips and findings anyone can benefit from.

Good Luck Everyone! Remember if you don’t win you’ll still have time to take advantage of the $30 rebate. It’s great timing with the Holidays around the corner to start asking for Christmas presents early…

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.

Say Thanks to Our Sponsors, Please Visit their Sites

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.

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!

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.

At Food Storage Made Easy we always sell the electric mills and the hand mills at the lowest price available, so when you add the $20 rebate from WonderMill onto that (and our current free shipping promotion) this is the rock bottom lowest you will ever be able to get a WonderMill hand grinder.

All you have to do to get the rebate is purchase a Wonder Junior Basic or Deluxe from our Wheat Grinder product page anytime between June 15, 2009 and August 15, 2009. Once your order has been received we will send you the $20 rebate form from the WonderMill. Make sure to follow the directions carefully.

We are so glad to be Authorized Dealers for this great company. The Wonder Junior hand mills will be PERFECT additions to your food storage if you are planning to participate in the Seven Day Challenge. Who knows, you may be without power for part of it

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!)

We are no longer accepting entries into the Giveaway for the new Food Storage Made Easy Binder. Check back at 4:00 pm MST to see who the winners are and find out how you can purchase your own copy of our eBook and download it INSTANTLY!!!

Food Storage Made Easy Binder

What is the Food Storage Made Binder?

Since so many readers have asked to have our series of free email reminders BabyStep Checklists (which you can still SIGN UP for, and will stay FREE) available all at once, we decided to incorporate them into a useful manual that would help people to be able to organize and store all of their food storage information in one place. The Binder is available for purchase as a downloadable eBook that readers can print and assemble. Think of this book as the best of Food Storage Made Easy’s site in a book.

What is included in the Binder?

• Instructions for how to make it cute and functional, exactly like ours!
• ALL 26 BabyStep Checklists (no more waiting for the next list!)
• 100 pages of detailed information about each of the ten BabySteps
• Our very best posts, handouts, and extra information
• All the spreadsheets and documents you need to plan your 3 Month and Long Term Food Storage without needing a computer
• Recipe Appendix including all 33 recipes that we encourage you to try out in the Checklists
• Sections for additional research and personal notes to be added in
• Cute cover pages and dividers (because you know we have to make it fun)

How do I purchase a Food Storage Made Easy Binder?

To help keep costs down and enable you to get your Binder right away, we have decided to distribute it as an eBook. Once you purchase the eBook you will instantly get access to it via email and can assemble it into your very own personal Food Storage Made Easy Binder. The 100 page pdf costs just $17.

When will the Food Storage Made Easy Binders be available?

Food Storage Made Easy Binders will be available for sale on the afternoon of Thursday, April 9th. To find out how to enter the giveaway to win a free copy keep reading below!

We really want to get the word out about how excited we are about our new Food Storage Made Easy Binders … so here’s the deal. The Binders will be available for sale Thursday afternoon and we want as many people to know about them as possible by then. To motivate our readers to help spread the word we will be giving away 10 free copies on Thursday afternoon to people who help us spread the word.

How to Enter

• Tell your family and friends about the Food Storage Made Easy Binders via a blog post, email, Facebook, MySpace, etc.
• Tweet your contest entry via Twitter
• Email info@foodstoragemadeeasy.net and let us know how you helped spread the word including any relevant blog links or email content
• Feel free to use our image below and link it to http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net

  

How to Win

• We will randomly select 7 winners from all the entry emails
• 3 winners will be chosen for being the most excited and passionate about sharing the news so make sure to let us know EXACTLY what you did!
• Come back to our blog Thursday afternoon to see if you are a winner