Daylight saving time BEGINS Sunday, March 14, 2010. Is your emergency preparedness stockpile up to date?
When it’s time to change your clocks because of daylight saving time, remember to check your preparedness kit to make sure your emergency stockpile isn’t missing any items and that the food hasn’t expired. APHA’s Get Ready: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks campaign is reminding people to refresh their emergency supplies before a disaster occurs.
If you haven’t created a stockpile yet, now is the time to create one! (And as always, don’t forget to check the batteries in your smoke alarms.)
This information is good year-round: You don't have to wait for the clock change to update your stockpile. So think about having these materials at your next health fair or community meeting!
FREE MATERIALS FROM APHA
Check out our FREE materials and tips you can share! Select our individual resources below, or download them all in English in one PDF toolkit.
• Stockpiling fact sheet (PDF) Stockpiling FAQs
• Stockpiling fact sheet SPANISH (PDF) FAQs Spanish
• NEW! Cold & flu supplies fact sheet (PDF) Cold and flu
• Budget stockpiling fact sheet (PDF) Frugal stockpiling
• Pets stockpiling fact sheet (PDF) Pets stockpiling
• Stockpiling checklist (PDF) Checklist
• Stockpiling checklist SPANISH (PDF) Checklist Spanish
• Grocery shopping list (PDF) Grocery list
• Stockpiling recipes (PDF) Stockpile recipes
• For high school students -- Get Set: An Emergency Preparedness Project Kit A how-to guide for high school students interested in taking on preparedness activities at school or in their community (PDF) Full high school project kit
Resource for high school project kit: Camera-ready article as Word document Article
• Cool stuff for kids: Games and questions for kids to ask their parents (PDFs)
For more kid-friendly preparedness materials, visit the Get Ready Kids Fun Site
ADD YOUR OWN LOGO!
• Customize our materials: Add your group's logo! Customization page
FREE TOOLS FROM APHA
• Sample letter: Help spread the message by sending a letter to your community partners. Customize the letter with your own logo or organization name! Sample letter
• Free logo downloads from APHA: Add the Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks logo to your blog, Web site or materials! Logo download page
MORE RESOURCES FROM APHA
• Q&A on healthy stockpiling: Read our Q&A with Laura McNally, MPH, RD, FADA, a dietitian from the U.S. Public Health Service. Read Q&A
• Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks gear: Show your support for the Get Ready: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks campaign by sporting our stylish T-shirt or mug. Or how about a reminder clock?
Countdown to Get Ready: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks Day
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