Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a very wonderful Thanksgiving!

Enjoy this message from the Church on being thankful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuwid8_O8dk

Changes to Additional Relief Society Meetings- formerly knowns as Home, Family, and Personal Enrichment

At the General RS Meeting in September, Sister Beck announced a few new changes to additional RS meetings. Since then, she has continued to add more information and clarify the changes. The biggest change that you will notice is the name change. Rather than being called "Home, Family, and Personal Enrichment" or shortened to "Enrichment", these meetings will now be referred to, simply as "Relief Society Meeting". So, if it is a service project, it now becomes "Relief Society Service Project" or a dinner is a "Relief Society Dinner". You get the picture. Much more simple!

In addition, ward Relief Societies and ward Relief Society Presidents, in counseling with their bishops, are given the "permission" or "authority" to plan and carryout these meetings as they see fit, according to the needs of their wards. What this means is that you may find much difference between wards. So one ward may have monthly meetings, but you might move or travel to another ward, that only has quarterly meetings. After much prayer and consideration, our presidency has decided to go back to a monthly format. You can look for this change, and others that we have decided upon to begin at the first of the year.

Now, due to these changes, we have decided to extend the date of the "graduation" for RS University. For those of you that have been consistently working on this, we will still recognize you next month, but for those of you that haven't- you still have the opportunity. Watch for our monthly meetings to be more geared around this program.

Emergency Essentials November Specials

Emergency Essential November Specials (order and $ due to Cheryl Hall by November 22!)

Group Specials
MRE Plus Emergency Kit
Filled with a variety of items to help sustain one person for 3 days in an emergency. It includes food, water, utensils, shelter, light, communication, and other survival gear. This kit packs away in a medium sized backpack for easy transporting. Makes a great beginning kit or use as an add-on for additional family members.
Contents: 9 Water Pouches, 9 Accessory Packs, 9 MRE Entrees, 9 MRE Side Dishes, 5-in-1 Whistle, 3 AAA Batteries, Headlamp, Box of Matches, Medium Backpack, Emergency Poncho, Emergency Bag, 3 Hand Warmers, and a Tube Tent. Group cost $50 (Regular Price $95.09- 6 kits must be ordered for group price)

Cheese Blend
A versatile and an important part of a food storage plan. Cheese Blend can be used in casseroles, soups, and dips. You can even use it to make homemade macaroni and cheese as well as cheese covered popcorn. Each can makes about 128 two-tbsp servings. Does not contain Gluten. Group cost $16 (At least 12 cans must be ordered for group price- Regular price $22.95)

5 in 1 Survival Whistle
Add to your average-everyday whistle the components on this emergency whistle, and you've got a fantastic item for your camping and emergency needs. Each whistle contains: waterproof match box (matches not included), liquid filled luminous dial compass, shrill signal whistle, signal mirror and flint firestart. Group Cost $1 (At least 30 whistles must be ordered for group price. Regular price $2.95)

Evriday™ Dehydrated Hash Brown Potatoes 6 lb. Bag
Have delicious and filling hash browns in your storage for your favorite breakfast, lunch, and dinner entrées. Can be stored up to 7 years in ideal conditions. Makes approx. 144 2/3-cup servings (¼ cup dry). Group Price: $12.00 (At least 6 bags must be ordered for group price. Value $32.00)

Mountain House® Pasta Primavera
A delicious assortment of zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, red and yellow peppers, and green peas, mixed in with spiral macaroni and covered in a parmesan cheese sauce. Makes approx. 9 one-cup servings. Group Price: $20.00 (At least 6 cans must be ordered for group price- Value $31.20)

Other Specials for November- on sale in the catalog, but no minimum order must be met.
Freeze-dried Neapolitan Ice Cream slices
#10 can (16 slices) $19.95 each (reg $31.20)

Freeze-dried Ice cream sandwiches
#10 can (16 sandwiches) $21.95 each (reg $31.20)

Freeze-dried pineapple dices
#10 can (24 ½ C servings) $28.95 each (reg $36.95)

Freeze-dried asparagus pieces
#10 can (24 ½ C servings) $15.99 (reg $19.95)

Freeze-dried cauliflower
#10 can (24 ½ C servings) $13.99 (reg $17.95)

Dehydrated peanut butter powder
#10 can (96 @ 2T servings) $11.99 each (reg $14.95)

Potato slices
#10 can (24 ½ cup servings) $5.99 each (reg $7.50)

Soft case 352-piece first aid kit.
$29.99 each (a $65.00 value) exceeds OSHA and ANSI guidelines and has been evaluated and recommended by doctors and EMTs.

Also, remember that once we meet the minimum order on just one group item, anything else can be ordered from their catalog/ website and shipped with our group order with FREE shipping!

Baptism Announcement

Randy Oakes, husband of Ashley Oakes, will be baptized on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 6PM. We would like to encourage everyone to come to Randy's baptism and support the Oakes family.

Inventory Food Storage...

Bishop Karski has requested that everyone inventory their food storage. He asked me to pass this on to the sisters- that he would like everyone to do an inventory to find out exactly they stand on food storage and being prepared. It is easier to move forward and become more prepared if you know exactly where you stand. Please email me if you would like an Excel spreadsheet that is very detailed that will help you to keep track and calculate what you have and what you need. Someone has put a lot of work into this and it is really nifty!
Cheryl H.
smiley35@gmail.com

Super Saturday Thank You!

A HUGE thank you to the RS Committee (formerly known as the Enrichment Committee) for the wonderful, successful Super Saturday yesterday! It was a great time!

Walton Feed Group Order

Okay, we are ready to begin the Walton Feed order process. The order form is very lengthy (about 7 pages, printed). So if you are interested, I would prefer being able to email it to you. The money for this will be due to me on November 8. The items available range from emergency supplies to bulk foods such as sugar, oats, beans of all types, and grains of almost everything you can imagine. Also, random items such as fructose, whipped honey (Cox brand- something our family has really missed since moving from Utah!), lots of dried items, Ezekiel mix (email me if you want more info on this), and various spices. And LOTS more!

This can be a good way to save money on groceries. Even if you only pick one item that your family uses, buy it at these bulk rates, put aside the money you would've spent on that item during the next 6 months and when we do the order again next year (twice yearly) then you can use that money to purchase more of the bulk foods again and keep rolling it forward. Not only can you save money on groceries, but you can be building up your food storage, and using it, as we've been encouraged to do.

Please call or email me if you have any questions, or if you would like an order form emailed to you.

One more thing, although we collect the money on November 8, the order will not arrive here until sometimes in Jan. or Feb. It comes to the area on a semi truck and then is distributed to the various drop points during that time. This helps save on shipping costs. You may be asked to help unload the semi truck when it comes.