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IN THIS ISSUE:
lVolunteer
Openings
lClasses
lAdvertising
lFor Members
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lThank You!
lTip of the Month
l Recipe
of the Month
lSurvey
lFinancial
Corner
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Volunteer Openings |
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Haven't yet
volunteered? There are many areas where help is
needed. Find a place to help and jump right
in! Options include volunteering for a day, a
project, or an ongoing need. Commitments can be
small or large, short or long. For additional
info, please email Kathryn.
A few
options:
Reporter for sale
info from any of the health food stores for our
weekly Grocery
Specials.
Internet researcher
to explore other group ordering
possibilities.
Website
developer.
Website
maintenance.
Newsletter
contributors for Tip of the Month and Recipe of the
Month.
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Classes |
| Thank you to Dawn Shelstad
for stepping up to coordinate our classes. She is
busily working on details for several classes that have
been requested. If you have an idea for a class,
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Advertising |
| Some of our members have
expressed an interest in advertising their businesses
through the network. After much discussion, the
board has agreed to allow members only limited
advertising options on the website or as a newsletter
sponsor.
This will help offset network operating
costs as well as provide a service to network
members.
PPN continues to protect the privacy of
our members. Please see our privacy policy at the
bottom of this newsletter.
If you are interested in advertising,
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A big
THANK YOU to each of you who volunteered on the Walton
Feed delivery day. We couldn't have done it
without you! Thank you for giving up your Saturday
to make our Walton Feed order possible. It was a
lot of work and a lot of fun. You really
are the "A Team"! Click
here for a brief look at the day.
Kathryn
Vander Meulen
Director
kathryn@providentpeople.net |
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Six Grain Cereal Mix -
We have five 50# bags that were shipped in
error. This is a
wonderful mix of
red wheat, rye, oats, barley,
sunflower seeds, and white wheat. You can
cook it up like oatmeal in 5-8 minutes or grind it
to make a really nice bread flour. As
Richard Blackburn, our resident bread guru showed
us at his famous whole grain bread class, you can
also roll your loaves in this mix before baking
for a fabulous, rustic appeal.
These are available for PPN
members to purchase for $20.43 including
freight. Contact Warren Fitch at 278-2647 to
arrange pickup from his home in Briargate.
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Thanks to the wonderful PPN
volunteers for making this year's Walton Feed delivery a
great success. We were also blessed with good weather
and a great delivery location. Take a second to view the
video from delivery day. It looks like pre-filling
orders is the way of the future; we only had one product
misplaced. For those of you who didn't receive the bags
of brown rice, our apologies. For whatever reason,
Walton didn't put those bags on the truck. Again, thanks
for your help. PPN members are the best!
Looking ahead, PPN hopes to provide more
ordering opportunities next year with a two-truck order
in the spring. To do so, we must find an indoor
location, approximately 8,000 to 10,000 square feet
which can be utilized Friday afternoon through Saturday
evening on a weekend in late spring. The two-truck order
will also be contingent upon a large enough order to
cover expenses and enough volunteers to fill three
shifts (Friday evening, Saturday morning, Saturday
afternoon). This is where each of you can help. We will
need to find the location before we move forward with
the ordering process next February. If any of you know
someone who owns a large facility or if you know of a
large public building we can rent, please contact me or
Kathryn through the website. Until next spring, watch
for other PPN ordering opportunities.
Rosalia
McKean
Walton Feed Shipment Supervisor
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Tip of the Month
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Emergency Supplies -
FEMA recommends everyone take personal
responsibility for emergency preparedness. We
should each have a 72 hour "grab & go" kit stored at
home, work, and in our vehicles. Additionally, we
should be prepared to be on our own for a minimum of two
weeks.
Water Storage - The
first priority in preparedness. Plan on storing a
minimum of one gallon per person per day for use in
drinking, cooking, and personal hygiene.
Walton Feed has a helpful
article on techniques for water storage. Click
here to view.
The EPA has helpful
information about emergency water disinfection. Click
here to view.
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Recipe of the Month
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Colorful
Bean Bake -
Courtesy of Bob's Red Mill, http://www.bobsredmill.com/
Zucchini is one of
the main ingredients in this casserole. Great to make
during harvest season.
Ingredients:
2 cups cooked kidney
beans
1-1/2 cups whole kernel
corn (can be fresh)
1-1/2 cups shredded
Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup chopped green
chilies, drained
1-2 dashes Tabasco
sauce
2 cups coarsely shredded
zucchini
1/4 cup cornmeal, medium
grind
1/4 cups white bean flour
1 cup water
1 egg,
beaten
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
F.
In a 9" x 13" baking dish, combine beans,
corn, tomato sauce, chilies, Tabasco sauce and
1/2
of cheese; mix well. Top with zucchini.
Combine
cornmeal, bean flour, egg and enough water to make a
pourable batter. Pour over top of casserole. Bake for
20-25 minutes; top with remaining cheese and bake an
additional 2-3 minutes, until cheese has melted and is
bubbly.
Yield: 4-6
servings
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Member Poll |
PPN members - we need your input! Do you
have a WISH LIST of items you would like to try that
ProvidentPeople.Net might be able to make
available? We are compiling a list of items our
members might order if they were available. We ask
that you to take a few moments to research products you
might be interested in (WaltonFeed.com, Bulkfoods.com ,
Herbco.com, etc.) and reply to mailto:info@providentpeople.net?subject=My
Wish List with your Wish
List. This is an opportunity to speak up and help
establish our ordering opportunities!
For instance, because Walton's database is
so extensive, we cannot offer ALL of their items for our
group order. We must narrow it down to a manageable
number of items and this is an opportunity for you to
let us know what items you would like to see offered for
next year's Walton Feed order. The best time to start
your "shopping list" for next year is right after Walton
delivery day! Update it throughout the year and by the
time orders are due, you are ready!! Keep it right with
your inventory sheet and it will be convenient to update
it as needed.
Here are the details:
Do your
research and compile YOUR wish list.
Submit the items
and contact info to: info@providentpeople.net
On another note, within
the forum of our Yahoo group is the perfect opportunity
to "introduce" others to the item you want to see as a
popular choice. "Sell" your idea to others by indicating
how it can be used, the benefits of this item (recipes
are always good), and why you want to see it offered. It
is easy to join!
NOTE: Suggestions will be a
valuable tool in determining what PPN offers for future
orders. We want to offer what our members want and need
and what we have volunteers to support. We want
you to know that WE ARE LISTENING!
Dawn
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Financial
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How can I keep my family in its home if my spouse
or I die?
That’s an
important question, especially since most families
depend on one or both pay checks to make the mortgage
payment today.
Life insurance
can help assure your family remains in its home if you
or your spouse die.
Permanent life
insurance, in an amount equal to or greater than the
mortgage, can provide funds needed to pay off the
mortgage if you die prematurely. As your mortgage
balance decreases, the proceeds from your permanent life
insurance contract can be used to help pay off the
mortgage, cover final expenses or provide an income for
your surviving spouse and family.
Kristine V. Barager,
FIC
District Representative
Modern Woodmen of
America
kristine.v.barager@mwarep.org
(719)
532-0570
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A registered
representative. Securities offered through MWA
Financial Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Modern Woodmen of America, 1701 1st Avenue,
Rock Island, IL 61201, 309-558-3100. Member: NASD,
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