June Meeting Notes

We had a wonderful meeting this month. We will post the the agenda each month so that those who could not attend can see what we talked about!

1. TRAINING: Marianne brought her food storage binder and motivated us all to get organized. She provided a list of the tabs she uses in her binder. They are:

• FSG Agendas (the agenda from our meeting)
• One Month
• Year Supply
• Price Lists (Cannery, Walton Feed, etc.)
  
• Beyond Food
• 72 Hour Kits
• Storage Guidelines
• Recipes
• Household Tips
• Quotes
• Newsletters
• Resources
• Ways to Get There (Calendars for purchasing items, etc.)
• Websites
• Orders
• Three Month
• Menus/Meals
• Master Checklist

2. DISCUSSION TOPICS:
A. Julie promised to post a tutorial on the blog to teach everyone how to submit a post. Here is the link to the tutorial if you missed it:

Blog Post Tutorial

B. Kris B. shared a website with directions for how to build your own food rotation shelves! They are amazing. One of the shelves is less than a foot deep and can be installed right onto your garage well. Here is the link to the website:

Food Storage Shelf Plans

3. ASSIGNMENT: Post a message on this blog. Simple enough. We can't wait to hear from you! Not sure what to post? Here are a few ides:

• Recipes
• Local Sales (for example, Bi-Lo has peaches for $.69/lb this week)
  
• Online Sales
• Household Tips
• Food Storage Ideas
• Just say hello and tell us about where you are in your food storage progress!

4. Next Month's Meeting: Our next meeting is July 7th at 6:30pm at Kris Baker's home. We will be celebrating Christmas in July with a Food Storage Gift Exchange. Please bring a favorite recipe and all of the non-perishable ingredients for the recipe. You may also include an unique perishable items, for example fresh produce. Wrap your recipe and all of the ingredients in a gift bag and come prepared to have some fun!

5. Other Tidbits: Sister Rust is said to be organizing a Cannery Trip for July. Please contact her at dayledkr2@aol.com if you would like to attend or place an order. Click HERE for a Cannery Order Form. Kris B. noticed that the price of powdered milk, hot cocoa, carrots and a few other items have been reduced since the last time we went to the Cannery.