Preparedness Challenge: The Plan

This post was supposed to be finished and posted on Sunday, however, I have had a couple of hiccups since then. I had to figure out how to upload a .pdf file to Blogger, and that took some time. I think I have it figured out now, so let's get started.

The Plan

Every Sunday we are going to work on our Grab and Go (GAG) Emergency Notebook. I'm also going to give you a weekly task to help you build up an adequate food (and other necessary items) supply. Each month will have four weeks with designated items you should buy for that week.

To begin, you'll need:

1 three-ring binder
10 page protector sheets (to begin, add more as needed)
1 set of binder divider tabs (these usually sell with 5 tabs, you will need 7)

The first page in your binder will be a list of all the Important Documents you need to get copies of. Download this file, called Important Documents, onto your computer to print off at home. Slip this paper into a sheet protector.

Next, download this file, called Personal Information, print it off, fill it out, then place it behind your Important Documents list (in the same sheet protector). Save this file to your computer so you can update it periodically.

Using your tab binder dividers, label each divider according to your Important Documents sheet. For example, Proof of Identification, Property Records, Insurance Policies, etc....

As we work on this book making copies and adding documents, we will use the page protectors to keep our copies from being ruined.

This book, when finished, should be placed in the trunk of your car, at a friends house, or in another safe place where you can get to it quickly or keep it from being ruined.