How to Plan Your Evacuation Route

How to Plan Your Evacuation Route

You can never be too prepared. When disaster hits, it can be very difficult to think clearly and devise a plan for you and your family on the spot. The only way to ensure a positive outcome during an emergency is to plan what you can, including your evacuation route....
Charity Clothes Donation Etiquette

Charity Clothes Donation Etiquette

You just stuffed one more t-shirt in your drawer than it could fit. Now you’re going to clean it out and organize it. As you’re pulling shirts out, you’re thinking you haven’t worn most of them in a year or more. It’s time to grab a bag or a box and make a...
Items That Should Be in All First Aid Kits

Items That Should Be in All First Aid Kits

In the 1800s, when someone was wounded or injured, the only way anyone could help them was to send someone to fetch the nearest doctor.  The problem is that the nearest doctor could be a great distance away.  Minutes or hours could pass before the injured...
8 Reasons Why You Should Have an Emergency Kit

8 Reasons Why You Should Have an Emergency Kit

Emergency kits can save lives. No, we are not exaggerating; they really can and have. You may already have some kind of emergency kit in your home or car and you don’t even know it. This could be a case of water in the event you are snowed in, several flashlights and...