Newnan LDS church plans Family Preparedness Fair September 28

Newnan LDS

church plans Family Preparedness Fair September 28

The Newnan

Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) will have

a Family Preparedness Fair Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,

at the Newnan Chapel, 821 Old Atlanta Hwy., in Newnan. The event is free

and open to the public.

The Family

Preparedness Fair is designed to help families prepare for a variety of

emergency situations.

"After

an emergency situation occurs, it's simply too late to start preparing

for the worst its already happened," a spokesperson said. "Whether

you might find yourself in the dark during an electrical storm, or become

the victim of corporate downsizing, there is always something you can

do in advance to prepare."

A wide variety

of classes, live demonstrations, and tasting tables will fill the building

with information on food storage, alternative power sources, 72-hour emergency

kits, purifying and storing water, gardening, weather alert communications

and financial planning.

Live demonstrations

will include dry pack canning, grinding grains, sewing for children, basic

first aid and emergency car repair.

A bees and

bugs exhibit, wherein bees will be making honey in glass jars, should

be a big hit with the kids, as well as with parents.

"We teach

self-reliance as a principle of life ... that we ought to provide for

ourselves and take care of our own needs," says Gordon B. Hinckley,

president of the LDS Church." And so, we encourage our people to

have something ... to plan ahead, to keep food on hand, to establish a

savings account, against a rainy day."

For information

on the Family Preparedness Fair, contact Newnan Ward Food Storage Coordinator

Millie Meyer, 770-964-4715.

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