I don’t know about you, but my kids think they need a new backpack every school year whether the old one is worn out or not. My Jr High student actually wore his out last year, but most times we just end up with extra backpacks around the house, some still in excellent condition. If the zippers, straps, and pockets are all still in good condition, why not re-use some of these backpacks for your preparedness supplies?
An average school backpack could easily hold a child’s emergency kit, a small version of an adult kit, or contents of a car emergency kit. You could also use a backpack to organize small items in your storage room like toiletries, firestarting equipment, light sticks, or meals in pouches like Mountain House meals or MREs.
What other ways could you re-use an old school backpack?
Keep preparing! Angela
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millenniumfly says
Good idea. Might want to hang on to them as extra bags for last minute evacuation stuff.
Beth T. says
I sometimes receive backpacks or “weekend totes” as thank you gifts for donations to groups like the Sierra Club. I keep these next to items we use on a day-to-day basis that I don’t want to pack away for emergencies, but will want to grab if we evacuate. For example, a backpack hangs on the shelving unit that holds our batteries. Another is in our storage room, next to the surplus bandaids, bandages, and other first aid supplies.
In an emergency situation, if someone goes to gather those items, they won’t have to hunt for a container, and important items won’t be in flimsy plastic bags that can break at the least convenient times.
Eveleene Salt says
Well, when I was a kid even I used to take a new bag, in every new session, and till date I have a craze of buying bags. I was finding an idea how to use them in a proper way. Going through this article I think I found a solution to it.
Lou says
Good place to look for servicable “used” kids backpacks is at your local
Good Will resale stores. That’s where I’ve found all of the small kit bags
that I use for modular kits. Usually they cost no more than $1.95 per.
This is also a great place to save money on small household appliances. Money that can be used for preps.
I got 2 vacume sealers for that store. There was a dehydrator for sale there
last monty. I got a foam exercise mat for a buck, that works great as a ground pad for camping. Last month someone donated two tents, an inflatble matress, camping chairs, a whole bunch of camping equipment.
Those store are really checking about once a week. You never know what you may find.