Enrichment (LDS) The Price is Right Food Storage Enrichment | The Price is Right Food Storage Enrichment |
| Written by Amy Twitty | |
| Sunday, 05 April 2009 | |
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THE PRICE IS RIGHT ENRICHMENT NIGHT DID YOU THINK TO SAVE? Sing to the tune of "Did You Think To Pray?" Verse 1 Ere you spent your family's paycheck, Did you think to save? Just a little for the storage? Just a little for the porridge, You may need someday? Chorus Oh how storage helps the faithful When the Prophet’s words come true So if you would not be crying, Have some storage too. Verse 2 When the R.S. tried to teach you How to quilt and darn Did you say "I'll never need that" Did you think it dull and stuffy? Did you scoff and scorn? Chorus Oh, how holey are the stockings, Oh, how holey the beds. How I wished I had listened To those wise old heads Verse 3 Wheat and beans and salt and honey May not sound so hot But if you are going hungry, If your tummy's cold and grumbly, They will fill the spot Chorus Store some diapers for the kiddies. Store some toilet paper too, Store some cloth and thread and needles, Store some long johns too. Verse 4 If you think this rather silly, With these words to you, Just remember...no man knoweth When his time of trial cometh, Yours is coming too. Chorus Oh, how storage helps the faithful When the Prophet's words come true So, if you would not be crying, Have some storage too.
Announcer: Here it comes, from the Hunter Village studios in West Valley, Utah, The fabulous Food Storage Price Is Right! Audience applauds. (1st name) COME ON DOWN! Audience applauds. (2nd name) COME ON DOWN! Audience applauds. (3rd name) COME ON DOWN! Audience applauds. (4th name) COME ON DOWN! Audience applauds. You're the first 4 contestants on the Price is Right. And now, the star of the Price is Right, BETTY BARKER!!!! Betty: Thank you! Welcome ladies. Each of you has been given a wipe board and marker. When I ask you for your bid, please write down your estimated price for the item, in dollars and cents. Whoever comes closest to the actual price paid for this item, without going over, will be our first contestant. Announcer girl, will you please tell us about our first item? (A beauty walks in with the first food storage item) Announcer: Sure Betty. It's this can of Hot Cocoa Mix. Packaged at the Church cannery, this 5.8 lb. can of Cocoa Mix is a great addition to any food storage supply. Betty: "Player #1", what is your bid? (and so on…) Betty: The actual price is…$6.29. "So-and-so" you're the winner! If everyone is too high, everyone rebids. The person closest, without going over, gets to keep the item and play game #1. Audience applauds. GAME 1: HOLE IN ONE (…OR TWO) Barker's Beauty #1 displays 4 items from the grocery store (Package of Soup Mix, Can of Shortening, Case of water bottles, Package of Spaghetti). Betty explains the rules: The contestant must arrange the items from lowest to highest. Just like the actual game show, the audience may participate. The closer the contestant is to the correct order, the closer she is to the "hole". She then has one shot to putt a golf ball into the "hole". With a successful putt, the contestant wins the items used in the game. If the contestant misses the first time, she is allowed to have a second try. After game, Betty can explain the actual price paid for the items, encouraging audience to buy a little extra when items are on sale. It will save you $$$! Betty: We'll be right back after this message. As commercial #1 begins, a handout of grocery store sales fliers will circulate. COMMERCIAL #1President Ezra Taft Benson said, "The revelation to produce and store food may be as essential to our temporal welfare today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah."The ark was the only thing that saved their lives. Will our food storage really be that important to us? Does building our food storage seem financially overwhelming? If you think of doing it all at once, it is, but if you do a little at a time, it is doable. How many of you could put aside $5 to $20 each month toward food storage? I bet we all could try. A sheet is being passed around that has samples pulled from sales fliers that show examples of items you could save on when they are on sale. Take a look at it and see the variety of things you could purchase for only $20.00. And of course, If you could do more, that would be even better! Most of us can’t go out and purchase a year’s supply of food all at once, but we can do it a little at a time. It is better to have a little extra set aside than to have none at all. Self_Reliance… "By the yard it’s awful hard, but by the inch it’s a cinch!" Betty Barker: Announcer Girl, who is our next contestant? Announcer Girl: It's (INSERT NAME HERE)! COME ON DOWN! YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT! Audience applauds. Betty: Announcer girl, will you please tell us about our next item? (A beauty walks in with the next food storage item) Announcer: Sure Betty. It's this can of delicious Potato Pearls. Packaged at the Church cannery, this 3.1 lb. can of Potato Pearls will add variety to any food storage supply. Betty: "Newest player", what is your bid? (and so on…) Betty: The actual price is…$4.74. "So-and-so" you're the winner! If everyone is too high, everyone rebids. The person closest, without going over, gets to keep the item and play game #2. Audience applauds. GAME 2: SECRET "X"Betty’s Model #2 displays 2 items from the cannery (Dry Onions, Wheat). The chalk board (made into a Tic-Tac-Toe board) is also displayed. Betty explains rules of the game: The contestant is given one free "X" to start the game and can place it anywhere in the first or third column. The contestant can earn up to 2 more "X"s by guessing the prices of the 2 items. Once all the "X"s are placed, the middle column is revealed, with one of the 3 squares showing a secret "X". If Tic-Tac-Toe is made, the contestant wins the cannery items.Betty: We'll be right back after this message! As commercial #2 begins, a handout of "Home Storage: Build on the Basics" will circulate. COMMERCIAL #2From Brigham Young’s time to the present day, latter-day prophets have counseled Church members to store food for times of need. In 1984, the First Presidency spoke again on this subject in an article in the Ensign called "Home Storage: Build on the Basics"."We continue to encourage members to store sufficient food, clothing, and where possible, fuel for at least one year. We have not laid down an exact formula for what should be stored. However, we suggest that members concentrate on essential foods that sustain life, such as grain, legumes, cooking oil, powdered milk, salt, sugar or honey, and water. Most families can achieve and maintain this basic level of preparedness. The decision to do more than this rests with the individual. We encourage you to follow this counsel with the assurance that a people prepared through obedience to the commandments of God, need not fear." If families would think in terms of storing only foods basic to survival, or if they would supplement the food storage they already have with the basics to build it up to a year’s supply, the task would be simpler than they might think. They would then be prepared for food emergencies. A year’s supply of food storage is beneficial in several ways:1. It provides peace of mind as we obey the counsel to store. 2. It helps ensure survival in case of personal or natural disaster. 3. It strengthens skills in preparing and using basic foods. Once your have stored the basic food items, you need to regularly use them in your daily meals. President Hinckley said, "So, as we have been continuously counseled for more than 60 years, let us have some food set aside that would sustain us for a time in case of need." Food storage….Isn’t it about TIME??? A message from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Betty Barker: Announcer Girl, who is our next contestant? Announcer Girl: It's (INSERT NAME HERE)! COME ON DOWN! YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT! Audience applauds.Betty: Announcer girl, will you please tell us about our next item? (A beauty walks in with the next food storage item) Announcer: Sure Betty. It's this can of White Flour. Packaged at the Church cannery, this 4.8 lb. can of Flour is a staple for food storage supplies. Betty: "Newest player", what is your bid? (and so on…) Betty: The actual price is…$1.90. "So-and-so" you're the winner! If everyone is too high, everyone rebids. The person closest, without going over, gets to keep the item and play game #3. Audience applauds. GAME 3: RACE GAMEBarker's Beauty #1 displays 4 items needed in food storage (Rice, Beans, Salt, Powdered Milk). Betty gives the contestant 4 tags with numbers on them. The number is the amount, in pounds, of each item that should be kept for 1 person for a one-year supply (according to the Church's suggestions). The contestant has 30 seconds to place the right tag in front of its corresponding item (with audience participation). After 30 seconds, the contestant wins any items she has correct. Betty: We'll be right back after this message! After the game, pass around a handout that shows how many pounds of each item should be included in a year’s supply (for one person). COMMERCIAL #3Ezra Taft Benson said, "The Lord has warned us of famines, but the righteous will have listened to the prophet and stored at least a year’s supply of food." How much of everything should we store? A handout on how much of each item to store was passed around. Some amounts look like a lot, but if you only had this much to live on for one year, it doesn’t look like so much. Divide these numbers by 365 days in a year and then by 3 meals each day and it doesn’t amount to a lot. Food storage today helps keep hunger away. Have you followed the prophet today? Betty Barker: Announcer Girl, who is our next contestant? Announcer Girl: It's (INSERT NAME HERE)! COME ON DOWN! YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT! Audience applauds. Betty: Announcer girl, will you please tell us about our next item? (A beauty walks in with the next food storage item) Announcer: Sure Betty. It's this can of Refried Beans. Packaged at the Church cannery, this 2.4 lb. can of Refried Beans flakes will add flavor to any food storage supply. Betty: "Newest player", what is your bid? (and so on…) Betty: The actual price is…$3.87. "So-and-so" you're the winner! If everyone is too high, everyone rebids. The person closest, without going over, gets to keep the item and play game #4. Audience applauds. GAME 4: CLIFF HANGERThe amount for this game is shelf life. A poster is displayed with the "alps" marked with a certain number of "steps" the yodeler will climb. Barker's Beauty displays 3 items from the cannery (Sugar, Macaroni, Rolled Oats). The contestant must guess the shelf life of each item. For each year the contestant is off, the yodeler must move up the mountain one step. If the yodeler hasn't fallen off the side of the mountain at the end of the game, the contestant wins the items.Betty: We'll be right back after this message! Afterwards, pass around a handout showing the shelf life of different products. COMMERCIAL #4(Emergency Signal sounds) This is a test, this is only a test. If this were an actual emergency, you would be notified as to where to receive additional information. I repeat, this is only a test. (Emergency Signal ends) Perhaps, sometime in your life, the signal you get may NOT be "THIS IS A JUST A TEST". It may be the real thing, and you may have to rely on your storage. You may need your storage because of unemployment, illness or natural disaster. Another handout has been passed around which has a lot of good information on the best way to store many items and their shelf life. This will help you know how long many items can be kept and how to keep them the longest. Another terrific resource is the website "providentliving.org". It has a lot of really great information on food storage and other preparedness topics. I hope that if we ever receive this emergency signal, that we will be prepared. After all, the scriptures say, "If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear." Betty Barker: Announcer Girl, who is our last contestant? Announcer Girl: It's (INSERT NAME HERE)! COME ON DOWN! YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT! Audience applauds. Betty: Announcer girl, will you please tell us about our next item? (A beauty walks in with the next food storage item) Announcer: Of course! It's this can of Apple Slices. Packaged at the Church cannery, this 1.3 lb. can of Apple Slices will add a delicious touch to your food storage. Betty: "Newest player", what is your bid? (and so on…) Betty: The actual price is…$5.19. "So-and-so" you're the winner! If everyone is too high, everyone rebids. The person closest, without going over, gets to keep the item and play game #5. Audience applauds. GAME 5: IT'S IN THE BAGBarker's Beauty #1 displays 6 items that could be included in your 72-hr. kit (Package of tuna/crackers, Pudding cups, Peanut butter, Fruit salad cups, Idahoan potato pouch, Trail mix package).Betty explains the rules: The contestant must place the items in front of the bags that correspond to their correct prices. (There are 6 items, but only 5 bags – one item will not be used) The contestant wins each item they have correct, but a mistake along the way forfeits all the prizes. If at anytime she thinks they may have gotten something wrong, she can chose to stop and just take what she's already won. As commercial #5 begins, a handout on 72-hour kits will circulate, as well as the article "7 Mistakes of Food Storage", and recipes for cooking with food storage items. COMMERCIAL #5The statement "My 72-hr. kit just has to keep me alive for 3 days" is patently false. During a crisis, if you're not injured, you'll probably be fleeing a disaster, setting up camp, performing rescue operations, contacting and locating family members, removing debris, making repairs, calming children, or performing first aid. 600 calorie chewing gum and beef jerky menus simply aren't going to cut it. According to a military dietician, "In extreme conditions, what and how much you eat and drink could be the difference between life and death". Males over the age of 12 should plan 2,500 calories per day, and females over the age of 12 should plan 2,000 calories per day. You'll also need to store 64 ounces of water per day per person. 64 ounces equals ½ gallon or about 2 liters. A handout has been passed around that will give you some good suggestions for your 72-hr. food kit. In the article, "The 7 Mistakes of Food Storage" it states: In all the years I’ve worked with preparedness, one of the biggest problems I’ve seen is people storing food and not knowing what to do with it. It’s vital that you and your family become familiar with the things you are storing. You need to know how to prepare these foods. This is not something you want to learn under stress. Your family needs to be used to eating these foods. Start now and take inventory of what you have and commit to increasing your storage and become more prepared. Get the basics, add some variety, learn how to use what you have and then use what you have. This full article is also being passed around, as well as several pages of recipes for cooking with food storage. We'd like to thank all of you for coming tonight, and encourage you to do what you can to get your family's food storage supply together and learn to use it, so that we can all become self-reliant and independent. More Resources:
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