Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: Yes, you can be a prepper too! You probably already have some of the items you need right in your own home. Look around and see what items you already have that will help you to be more self-reliant. Do you have a bbq pit, camping Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: Having been born and raised in the Deep South (Montgomery, Al to be exact) and not from an independently wealthy family, it turns out I have been a prepper all of my life without realizing it. I cannot remember a time in which my parents, grandparents Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: Growing up I was raised to have a self-reliant and “Can Do” attitude. But I did not truly understand or comprehend what preparedness was and what it meant to me until the first years of my marriage. In fact there was a specific incident that cemented the Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission: 75% of all dr. visits are stress related. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, if we do not secure basic needs such as security of body, employment, resources, the family, healthy, property, food, and water our bodies will respond with a feeling of anxiousness and tenseness, Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission When friends or family start looking at us strange – we just say “It’s a Hobby.” It’s fun to try some of the “old fashioned” ways of preserving food. It gives my husband and I something to do together other than watching TV. It’s amazing how Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission I started prepping about 2 years ago when my husband decided at the age of 68 that he would work 2 more years and then call it quits. I realized I needed to PREPARE for a change in our lifestyle. I never really paid attention to Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission Where to start? Well, when 9/11 happened it changed my thoughts, as it did many Americans. I had lots of thoughts, ideas & fears of what could happen & my children’s futures, but, didn’t start any kind of prepping, just didn’t know what or where to start. Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission I have very strong memories of sitting in my grandparents kitchen as a boy, waiting. We waited a lot. It wasn’t until I got older that I tried to figure out what we were doing all those hours… They owned an apartment in a typical melting Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission Well, I waited until the last few days to see if my entry was even worth reading, but I must say all of us have a different reason for choosing to be ready for anything. When I got married back in the 70’s I didn’t know Read more…
Prepper Outreach Contest Submission I’m a mom to 6 boys (ranging from 14 down to 20 months) and a baby girl on the way. I am married to an awesome husband that takes great responsibility in taking care of us. Together we work towards preparing physically and spiritually for today Read more…