Linn County Fair!

Next Stop, Linn County Fair in Albany, Oregon!

Come see us at the Linn County Fair in Albany, Oregon! We'll have another drawing for free stuff and plenty of food to sample! Besides that, there will be cool stuff going on at the fair!

The Fair starts this Wednesday, July 16th at 4pm and runs until Saturday, July 19th at 11pm.

I hope we see you there!

A Taste of Thrive - Smart Start Month 1!

Month 1 of 3

Smart Start:

A Taste of Thrive

This is the EASIEST way to get started with Thrive! There are different levels of the Smart Start packages, pictured here is Month 1 of Smart Start: A Taste of Thrive, this is the $100 monthly Q level. There is also a $200 level call Smart Start: Chef Selections 200. They've had a $150 monthly Q level, but that one seems to be less advertised these days, so I think it's on its way out, but you can still get it right now.

What makes this such an amazing way to start you ask? First it comes with a solid variety of products to try. You get dairy, vegetable, fruit, protein, dessert, and a sauce! But, the best part is that it comes with guides to help you with the products that you just got sent.

With this first month, you get the Thrive Guide!

 The Thrive guide is your one stop for tips and tricks on how to use Thrive Foods. It gives not the measurements for rehydrating our various popular foods, but it also gives tips such as sneaking some cauliflower in with your mashed potatoes to make them healthier, and different recipe inclusion ideas.

Next, you'll find a sheet of recipe cards with your shipment. These recipes feature the ingredients that were sent in this shipment.

The recipe cards with Month 1 are "Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas," "Chicken Salad," "Peach Crisp," and "Tuscan Spaghetti Marinara."

And, just in case that wasn't enough to help you get going with Thrive, you also get A Taste of Thrive Booklet.

This picture shows you what is looks like on the inside. It's basically an expanded Thrive Guide, that focuses on just the items that were shipped to you in the Month 1 shipment. For example, one of the items is the chopped onions, so there is a section titled "10 ways to use Chopped Onions."

If you're having trouble navigating this, let me know I can help you get started at any of the Q levels, and even put the order in for you.

(FYI, if the links are working well for you, I've found sometimes you first need to go to my main site at meeks.thrivelife.com , then the rest of the links should work correctly)

See You at Turkey Rama

Turkey Rama Time!!

Come and see us at Turkey Rama in McMinnville, Oregon this Friday, July 11th and Saturday, July 12th!

We're going to be offering free samples and we'll have an awesome raffle, so see you there!

Personalized Emergency Preparedness

Ever wonder if you're prepared for an emergency? Thrive has a personalized emergency planner to help you be sure that you and your family have everything you will need. You enter the age and gender of everyone you want to include in your pack. It's important, because if you mark there is a women in say her 20's, then the emergency kit will include items like tampons. This also affects how many energy bars and other items you need.

Here is the screen where you enter the number the specifications of those in your household

Here you can select specifcs about your kit, including disaster needs in your area

Be certain to adjust your number of days desired

This is the page that begins to outline the items you need, note how I crossed out the prices, and see the note below about how to lower the price!

The price shocked me when I first looked at it, but the first thing you need to do is go through and check out which items you already have. Many things you have around the house. I suggest having a family preparedness night, and play a scavenger hunt game with your family. Print of items from this list for the scavenger hunt. Get backpacks from Goodwill, or use old school backpacks, and have everyone fill up the items from the list.

Next, to make it cheaper, I can get to the discounted event price for any of the larger items. Just tell me what you are after, and I'll get you a better price quote. We can work out my putting in the order a few different ways.

I recommend checking it out, just to see what things you should have on hand. You can find the planner by clicking this link.