Get Ready: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks

When it’s time to change your clocks because of daylight saving time, use it as a reminder to check your preparedness kit to make sure your emergency stockpile isn’t missing any items and that the food hasn’t expired. APHA’s Get Ready: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks campaign is reminding people to refresh their emergency supplies before a disaster occurs.

If you haven’t created a stockpile yet, now is the time to create one! If you're not sure what to include, check our full emergency supplies checklist, or read our top 10 essentials list. And as always, don’t forget to check the batteries in your smoke alarms.

This information is good year-round: You don't have to wait for the clock change to update your stockpile. So think about having these materials at your next health fair or community meeting!

Check out our fact sheets, below, for great info to share. Add your logo, too!

Get Ready Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks Video

A fun lesson on using the clock change a a reminder to update your emergency stockpile. Watch now

Cool stuff for kids Games and questions for kids to ask their parents (PDFs) For more kid-friendly preparedness materials, visit the Get Ready Kids Fun Site

Share our infographic
Our infographic is a great tool to let people know about the importance of checking and replenishing their stockpiles. Read and share the infographic

Spread the word!
Social media is a great way to let people know about the importance of replenishing or building a stockpile. Use these sample tweets on your Twitter account, or create your own using the #clocksstocks hashtag.

You can also share the preparedness message by sending a letter or email to your community partners.

Free graphics downloads
Add the Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks graphic to your blog, website or materials! Graphic download page

Stockpiling facts

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Stockpiling checklist

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Water stockpiling

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Budget stockpiling

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Pets stockpiling

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Cold & flu supplies

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Grocery shopping list

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Stockpiling recipes

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Get Ready Cookbook

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Get Set: An Emergency Preparedness Project Kit

A how-to guide for high school students interested in taking on preparedness activities at school or in their community.

Download the English or Spanish PDF of project kit and plan an event at your school! (See this related resource: Camera-ready Word article)

Share one of our social media images
Send one of our graphics to someone you care about to remind them to check their emergency stockpile. Check them out!

Food Drive Toolkit: Help your community be prepared for disasters: Hold a food drive!

Did you know that food banks play an important role during disasters? Unfortunately, disasters can't be predicted in advance. That's why it's critical that food banks stay fully stocked year-round. Make sure your community is ready for emergencies by holding a food drive!

Download our toolkit (PDF) on how to hold a food drive and read our Q&A on food drives for more advice.

Listen to our podcast or read a Q&A

Get tips for creating your stockpile from the American Red Cross in our podcast and read our Q&A on healthy stockpiling with a dietitian from the U.S. Public Health Service.

Don’t forget your pets!

Read our Q&A with the Humane Society of the United States for tips on protecting Fluffy, Fido and Tweety during a disaster.

Countdown to Get Ready: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks Day

We're counting down the seconds, minutes and days until it's time to change our clocks for daylight saving time — join us!