Self-Reliant Challenges - 2010 to 2011

September – I Dare You to Build It

• 72-Hour Kit Challenge: Find or buy a container for your 72-hour kit. (Backpacks on sale this month)
• H2O Challenge: Purchase one case or gallon of water for your storage. Rotate and revaluate current storage.
• Document Challenge: Photocopy your family’s birth certificates. Laminate them or place them in a zip-loc bag.

October – I Dare You to Eat It

• 72-Hour Kit Challenge: Purchase three small cans of food or three 1200-Calorie energy bars. (May be purchased at: be prepared.com)
• Cook wheat berries in your crock pot overnight
• Eat with milk & sugar for breakfast.
• Prepare spaghetti or sloppy Joes. Substitute half of your ground beef with wheat berries.
• Prepare blender pancakes.
• Document Challenge: Photocopy social security cards and immunization records. Laminate them or place them in a zip-loc bag.
• Visit the Provident Living website. Select the “New: Family Home Storage Pamphlet,” and read about each of the four categories. http://www.providentliving.org.

November – I Dare You to Pack It

• 72-Hour Kit Challenge: Having money on hand is very important in case of an emergency. Place five dollars or a roll of quarters ($10) in your kit.
• Add one item to your 72-hour kits from the “72-hour Top Ten List”.
• Document Challenge: Visit Ready.gov and download or create your own “Family Emergency Plan”. This should include meeting places and contact numbers. Great idea for family night! Remember to laminate or place in a zip-loc bag.
• Practice your emergency plan in Family Home Evening.

December - I Dare You to Milk It/Fake It

• Recipe Challenge: Select & prepare a recipe using powdered milk or an egg substitute.
• Accept one of the following challenges for your Christmas gift giving:
• Give a gift from the heart that you have created. Examples: Family recipe book, quilt, family history, food storage, etc….
• Change a family gift giving tradition that will save money and create memories.

January – I Dare You to Bag It

• Plan & purchase 4 recipes your family will enjoy that can be made from pantry items.
• Purchase 5 lbs. of your family’s favorite pasta.
• Recipe Challenge: Prepare 1 meal using only pantry items.
• Document Challenge: Take a snapshot of each family member and one family photo. Laminate them or place them in a zip-loc bag.

February – I Dare You To Grind It

• Call one of the following sisters and arrange a time to grind wheat. (Rachelle, Amy, Holly, Melanie & Robyn)
• Bake whole wheat bread using a recipe on the blog or a family favorite.
• 72-Hour Kit Challenge: Add one additional item to your 72-hour kits from the “72-Hour Top Ten List “.
• Document Challenge: Document each family member’s medical history. This should include: prescriptions, allergies, blood type, medical and insurance cards, and doctor & hospital information. Remember to laminate or place in a zip-loc bag.

March – I Dare You to Buy It

• Check out the Self-Reliant Sisters website. Select an area for your family to focus on.
• Price match one item using another store’s ads at Wal-Mart.
• Recipe Challenge: Use the item purchased above to plan your dinner.
• Document Challenge: Gather the information for your credit cards, bank, brokerage, mortgage, and savings account. Jot down all of the account numbers, the branch locations, the websites, the phone numbers, and the passwords (kept secure).

April – I Dare You to Grow It/Dry It

• Dehydrate a food item or prepare a meal using a dehydrated item. (Example: potato flakes)
• Recipe Challenge: Sprout the item of your choice in a bottle. Use your sprouts in a meal.
• Document Challenge: Compile all of your Insurance/recovery information. Include homeowners’, auto, life, and disability policies and cards; blank claim forms and contact information; and a list of local adjusters.

In addition to the monthly challenges listed above you must complete a "Prepare & Share Challenge". Prepare & Share Challenge is: Once during the next eight months, take a recipe from the basket. Prepare and share it in our monthly class. For those of you wanting to complete these challenges that live out of state, take a recipe listed on our blog and share it with your friend or family to pass off this challenge.

Click here to download the yearly schedule of challenges. All challenges must be completed by April 30th!

An Introduction to Challenges

"Orange you glad you're Certified Self Reliant!"

For the past 3 years Rachelle has been challenging us in different areas of self-reliance, such as emergency preparedness, 3 month pantry and getting important documents in order.

Last year we had 8 people become "Self-Reliant Certified"! It isn't an easy goal, but it's very rewarding and brings piece of mind. This year we are issuing the same challenge. Each month Rachelle will issue a new set of challenges. For those who want to work ahead, the year has already been planned and can be downloaded here.

Challenges must be completed by April 30th! Awards and prizes will be presented during our last meeting in May. The picture above was our prize last year for completing all the challenges.

For those of you who are already certified, you can become 2nd or 3rd year certified as well. There is also an advanced set of challenges in the works for those who are already certified and want a higher goal to work towards! Details coming soon!

April Self-Reliant Challenge

This is our last challenge for the 2009-2010 year! You have until May 1st to complete all your challenges. For a list of all the challenges this year please click here. Prizes will be awarded on May 7th at our last meeting of the 2009-2010 year. Self-Reliant Meetings will start again in September.

Document Challenge: Compile all of your Insurance/recovery information. Include homeowners’, auto, life, and disability policies and cards; blank claim forms and contact information; and a list of local adjusters.

Complete One of the Following:
- If you don’t participate in curb-side recycling, call and have the containers delivered to your home. Start today!

OR
-Implement one new energy saving technique in your home by changing your light bulbs, Taking Shorter showers, Desert landscaping, etc…

Grow one herb in a small container or sprout wheat or beans in a jar.

You can also download the entire 2009-2010 challenges in pdf form here.

Each meeting we will also be passing out monthly challenges prepared by Rachelle. We would love for everyone to become “Self-Reliant Certified” by completing all the monthly challenges. Our last meeting will be dedicated to those who have completed some or all of the challenges. Prizes will be awarded to those who have completed all the challenges.

March Self-Reliant Challenge

Here is the Self-Reliant Challenge for March.

Purchase five pounds of your family’s favorite pasta to add to your food storage.

Document Challenge: Gather the information for your credit cards, bank, brokerage, mortgage, and savings account. Jot down all of the account numbers, the branch locations, the websites, the phone numbers, and the passwords (kept secure).

Recipe Challenge: Prepare a dinner using potatoes, rice, or pasta that could be used on your list of food storage meals.

You can also download the entire 2009-2010 challenges in pdf form here.

Each meeting we will also be passing out monthly challenges prepared by Rachelle. We would love for everyone to become “Self-Reliant Certified” by completing all the monthly challenges. Our last meeting will be dedicated to those who have completed some or all of the challenges. Prizes will be awarded to those who have completed all the challenges.

February Self-Reliant Challenge

Here is the Self-Reliant Challenge for February

Invite a friend to join you at a Self-Reliant Sisters Meeting or invite a friend over to prepare a meal using food storage items.

Recipe Challenge: Make breakfast or a dessert using oats or powdered milk.

Document Challenge: Document each family member’s medical history. This should include: prescriptions, allergies, blood type, medical and insurance cards, and doctor & hospital information. Remember to laminate or place in a zip-loc bag.

You can also download the entire 2009-2010 challenges in pdf form here.

Each meeting we will also be passing out monthly challenges prepared by Rachelle. We would love for everyone to become “Self-Reliant Certified” by completing all the monthly challenges. Our last meeting will be dedicated to those who have completed some or all of the challenges. Prizes will be awarded to those who have completed all the challenges.

January Self-Reliant Challenge

Here is the Self-Reliant Challenge for January (I'm sorry this is late!)

Prepare one food item using Wheat or grind wheat at one of sisters’ homes.

Examples: Cook wheat berries in your crock pot overnight.
-Eat with milk & sugar for breakfast.
-Prepare spaghetti or sloppy Joes. Substitute half of your ground
beef with wheat berries.

Prepare blender pancakes.

Substitute wheat flour for white flour in your normal baking.

Call a friend who has a wheat grinder and arrange a time to grind wheat.

Document Challenge: Visit Ready.gov and download or create your own “Family Emergency Plan”. This should include meeting places and contact numbers. Great Idea for family night! Remember to laminate or place in a zip-loc bag. http://www.ready.gov/america/_downloads/familyemergencyplan.pdf

You can also download the entire 2009-2010 challenges in pdf form here.

Each meeting we will also be passing out monthly challenges prepared by Rachelle. We would love for everyone to become “Self-Reliant Certified” by completing all the monthly challenges. Our last meeting will be dedicated to those who have completed some or all of the challenges. Prizes will be awarded to those who have completed all the challenges.

December Self-Reliant Challenge

Here is the Self-Reliant Challenge for December.

Accept one of the following three Challenges for your Christmas gift giving:

• Give a gift from the heart that you have created. Examples: Family Recipe book, Quilt, Family History, food storage, etc….
  
  or
  
• Change a family gift giving tradition that will save money and create memories.
  
  or
  
• Challenge yourself to reach out to someone new this season (neighbor/co-worker). Share a Simple Christmas gift and add your testimony or a scripture about Christ.

You can also download this challenge in pdf form here.

Each meeting we will also be passing out monthly challenges prepared by Rachelle. We would love for everyone to become “Self-Reliant Certified” by completing all the monthly challenges. Our last meeting will be dedicated to those who have completed some or all of the challenges. Prizes will be awarded to those who have completed all the challenges.

November Self-Reliant Challenge

Here is the Self-Reliant Challenge for November.

• 72-Hour Kit Challenge: Having money on hand is very important in case of an emergency. Place five dollars or a roll of quarters ($10) in your kit.
• Recipe Challenge: Select one recipe your family would enjoy eating using beans. Suggestions: taco salad, soup, refried beans, baked beans, burritos,...
• Document Challenge: Take a snapshot of each family member and one family photo. Laminate them or place them in a zip-loc bag.
• Prepare & Share Challenge: Once during the next Eight months, take a recipe from the basket. Prepare and share it in our monthly class.

You can also download this challenge in pdf form here.

Each meeting we will also be passing out monthly challenges prepared by Rachelle. We would love for everyone to become “Self-Reliant Certified” by completing all the monthly challenges. Our last meeting will be dedicated to those who have completed some or all of the challenges. Prizes will be awarded to those who have completed all the challenges.

October Self-Reliant Challenge

Here is the Self-Reliant Challenge for October.

• 72-Hour Kit Challenge: Purchase three small cans of food or three 1200 calorie energy bars. (3600 Calorie Mainstay Bars are on sale at beprepared.com)
• Recipe Challenge: Select one recipe your family enjoys that can be mostly made from pantry items. Purchase double the ingredients to have a second meal on hand.
• Document Challenge: Photocopy social security cards and immunizations records. Laminate them or place them in a zip-loc bag.
• Prepare & Share Challenge: Once during the next eight months, take a recipe from the basket. Prepare and share it in our monthly class.

You can also download this challenge in pdf form here.

Each meeting we will also be passing out monthly challenges prepared by Rachelle. We would love for everyone to become “Self-Reliant Certified” by completing all the monthly challenges. Our last meeting will be dedicated to those who have completed some or all of the challenges. Prizes will be awarded to those who have completed all the challenges.

September Self-Reliant Challenge

Here is the Self-Reliant Challenge for September.

• 72-Hour Kit Challenge: Find or buy a container for your 72-hour kit. (Backpacks are on sale this month)
• H2O Challenge: Purchase one case or gallon of water for your storage
• Document Challenge: Photocopy your family’s birth certificates. Laminate them or place them in a zip-loc bag.
• Prepare & Share Challenge: Once during the next Eight months, take a recipe from the basket. Prepare and share it in our monthly class.

You can also download this challenge in pdf form here.

Each meeting we will also be passing out monthly challenges prepared by Rachelle. We would love for everyone to become “Self-Reliant Certified” by completing all the monthly challenges. Our last meeting will be dedicated to those who have completed some or all of the challenges. Prizes will be awarded to those who have completed all the challenges.

Self Reliant Challenges

The "Self-Reliant Challenges" are officially over, but if you would still like to do them and get started on your 72 Hour Kits and Food Storage. Here they are in PDF form.

Self-Reliant Challenges