Cheryl

Cheryl

Cheryl Fisher Driggs received her education in Food Science and Nutrition at Brigham Young University. She has had a personal food storage and emergency preparedness program since 1974 and has been teaching food storage and preparedness since 1977. She does personal research in food preservation and implements her food science background and experience in feeding a family of 7 in her recipe development. She was chair of the Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce Emergency Preparedness Task Force and sat on the steering committee for the Houston Extreme Weather Ready Expo. She is a survivor of hurricanes, tropical storms, typhoons, droughts, and extreme winter storms.
  • Joined: May 25, 2022
  • Articles: 190

Tithing and Preparedness

Nine coins plus 1 - tithing

Elder Jorge T. Becerra spoke in the Saturday morning session of the April 2026 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His focus was on putting God first and paying tithing. His address reminded me of…

Vitamin A Foods for Storage

Canned, home canned, dried, and freeze-dried foods that are good sources of Vitamin A

Long-term storage foods, with only a few exceptions, do not contain either Vitamin C or Vitamin A. Vitamin C was addressed in February. Now it’s time to take a look at Vitamin A. Vitamin A• Supports eye health• Contributes to…

Regular Maintenance

Two home air conditioning condenser units

Where I live in the South, it’s time for the annual maintenance check on our air conditioning units. Yearly checks have allowed our condensers to last long beyond their expected life. The last one replaced was 48 years old. We…

Passover

Illustration of the Jewish Passover in Egypt

Passover 2026 is April 1 – 9. In Exodus 12, we read the Lord’s instructions to the children of Israel regarding the Passover. Those who obeyed with exactness were spared the deadly effects of the destroyer which the Lord sent…

Jerusalem Dinner

Jerusalem dinner of goat cheese, honey, fish, flat bread, dried apricots, almonds, dried figs, olives, sliced cucumbers, and dates.

In 2025, I decided to serve a Jerusalem Dinner on the Thursday before Easter. The idea comes from a story in the children’s magazine, Friend, published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In it, a Jerusalem Dinner…

Hunger

Black plastic 1 cup measuring cup

Smithsonian magazine published an article in the January/February 2025 issue titled “The Sailboat and the Storm.” It’s a fascinating, little-known story of the small vessel civilian fleet that patrolled the United States coastlines during WWII. One of those civilian watercrafts…

Famine, Freedom, and Food Storage

Long term storage foods - wheat, rice, split peas, kidney beans, pinto beans

Genesis 47:13-26 recounts a history worth pondering concerning the possible consequences of not preparing and, in this case, not having food storage. For seven years, Joseph prepared Egypt for seven years of famine. I doubt there was anyone who did…

The Lord Smiled Upon It

Ark shaped shadow box filled with miniature preparedness supplies

Recently, I read this scripture in Moses 7: “Wherefore Enoch saw that Noah built an ark; and that the Lord smiled upon it, and held it in his own hand…” Pondering upon it brought to mind these quotes: “Some have…

Lessons From Noah

Ark from the cover of the book Simply Prepared; A Guide to Emergency Preparedness and Food Storage

All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Noah’s ArkAuthor Unknown —Don’t miss the boat.—Don’t forget that we’re all in the same boat.—Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.—Stay fit. When you’re 600 (or 60) years…