There are numerous individuals that I know and care for who are unable to put away supplies, even the smallest portion so I have taken it upon myself to begin to make buckets that I will give out to families I deem in need of assistance. I do encourage you and others who have the finances to make up buckets similar to these with folks who have similar survival mindset.
You want to look for folks who not only have a leaning towards homesteading and preparedness, but you want to focus on individuals who you want within your community of those who can work together to establish a hub to watch out each other when things get bad.
It’s easy for us to be cynical from a distance but when you get into real relationships with people, you come to understand that many folks aren’t just wasting their money away frivolously. Though, we will be doing an episode in the coming months on how to be frugal and find ways to cut our budget to allow for us to use that money for more important projects.
Bucket Items:
- 2# of Dried Black Beans sealed in mylar
- 2# of White Rice sealed in mylar
- 2# 10oz Whole Oats sealed in mylar
- 18oz Grape Jelly in glass jar
- 16oz Peanut Butter in plastic jar
- 1 4-Pack of Canned Chicken
- 1 bottle each Salt & Pepper Shakers
- 1 12.6 oz can NIDO Powdered Whole Milk
Food cost was approximately $29.00 and depending on where you get your 5 gallon buckets with lids, it should be $7-$8 per set.
With these ingredients, you can have oats, peanut butter, milk powder and jelly for your morning calories and for your evening calories you can have rice, black beans and canned chicken with S&P. If you are able to stomach drinking prepared powdered milk, you can drink that throughout the day for extra calories. These are of course very basic items and there are other things that you could tuck in like pancake mix, wheat flour, yeast or a small mylar bag of brown sugar. You just want to cover the basics and give them something to keep them alive for a few days. If they have chickens, they can of course add scrambled eggs or if they have the ingredients for simple homemade bread that could have PB&J sandwiches for lunch. Let them add the additions to the bucket, but you can get them started. If you have the finances, I will add oxygen absorbers to the dried products in mylar bags and usually a few desiccant packets around inside the bucket to keep it dry for a longer period of time.
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