Non-food items to have in your storage

(I got this list from Wendy Dewitt and then added some stuff to it.)


All you have to do is think of the quote from Spencer W. Kimball:

"I remember when the sisters used to say, 'Well, but we could buy it at the store a lot cheaper than we can put it up.' But that isn't quite the answer, is it?....Because there will come a time when there isn't any store."  (April 1974 Welfare Session.)

Picture what you would need if there was no way you could buy anything.  What would you wish you would have bought now?

Non-food items that I have in my storage:

antibiotic creams

bandaids

can openers (non-electric), 5 (those food storage cans are really hard on can openers)

candles- LOTS (I get them at yard sales very cheap)

canning jars

canning lids (for bottling meats)

ColdEze to stop a cold

deodorant

dish soap

documents (copies of birth certificates, car/home ownership papers, etc)

duct tape, electrical tape, packing tape

excedrin

lotion

board games, card game, novels, children's books, for entertainment if there is no electricity

garbage bags LOTS

plastic bread bags

aluminum foil

gloves- (leather work type, warm winter type, knitted mittens, fleece mittens, children's sizes and adult sizes)

hats (broad band to protect from sun, fleece winter caps, knitted caps)

hydrogen peroxide

matches (waterproof, non-waterproof, strike anywhere, strike on the box,)

medications you may need

muscle rub

paper/pencils/pens

plastic utensils/paper or styrofoam cups/plates/bowls/

paper towels

portable toilet/garbage bags

razors

rubbing alcohol

scriptures

sewing needles/threads/ polar fleece/denim/sewing patterns for children's clothes

shampoo

shoes (sturdy walking/working shoes, boots, snow boots, all sizes)

soap (bar, dish and laundry)

sun screen

toilet paper (average of 1 roll per person for every 5 days)

tooth brush/toothpaste/floss

tylenol & tylenol pm

vaseline

vics vaporub (rub it on the bottom of your feet & cover with socks to stop a cough)

thick coats (down insulation, polyester fleece, water resistant exterior, puffy down vests) in every size

ski pants, insulated hunting pants, water resistant pants, camping pants

heavy blankets and quilts, sleeping bags

sleeping pads to go under sleeping bags, to insulate you from the cold ground

tents

extra jeans for every person

packages of new socks

buckets, dish pans, 

fuel:  kerosene, charcoal, lantern oil, propane

solar oven

Campstove, backpacking stoves

lanterns, flashlights, lightsticks, solar powered lighting.

solar showers, one for each person in the family.  (You can use the hot water for laundry and dishwashing too)

backpacks

solar/windup radio

inverter (allows you to plug electrical devices into car cigarette lighter)
clothespins, clothesline
cleaning supplies
gardening tools, seeds,
hand tools (screwdrivers, hammers, pliers, wrench, etc.)