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And then we went and put them on our neighbors' doorsteps. Here's Caitlin and her younger sister Kendra.Д¬AITLIN: We made notes and put them on toilet paper and wipes. They're delivering soap and toilet paper to their elderly neighbors who either don't want to go to the store or can't find the supplies they need there. HUTSON: In the time of coronavirus, the Cottams are helping both Mormons and non-Mormons with the supplies they've stockpiled. So while Mormons are encouraged to be self-reliant, Bowman says, they're also taught to help others.Д«OWMAN: So every member of a congregation is assigned several other people in the congregation that they are responsible for keeping tabs on. It came at the same time as the church instituted its own welfare program, which gives food to church members who can't afford it. HUTSON: Keeping a food supply became an official recommendation during the Great Depression. And the storage was seen as a way to do that. HUTSON: And they did that in the Great Basin, part of which would eventually become Utah.Д«OWMAN: The leaders of the church wanted to encourage an independent and self-sufficient economy in the Great Basin, one that would not require importation of supplies from the outside world. Brigham Young decided to leave the United States - meant to build their own society. MATTHEW BOWMAN: And the church very much, I think, felt burned by American culture generally. Back in the 1800s, Mormons were violently cast out of Missouri and Illinois. HUTSON: Food storage is part of a larger ethos of self-reliance in the church, says Matthew Bowman, a history professor at Claremont Graduate University who studies Mormonism. But her daughter Caitlin says as she watches shelves at the grocery store get cleaned out, she's happy there's extra food at home.Д¬AITLIN: It makes me feel more peaceful and not so stressed because I know that we have food, and we won't be hungry. HUTSON: Her husband is a dentist, and Emily Cottam says she's not worried about losing income right now. So I guess the best thing was it gave us peace of mind. And we used that so we didn't have to take out more student loans just for food.

HUTSON: Emily Cottam and her husband's food supply started as a wedding gift from her parents.Д¬OTTAM: We used it when my husband was in residency and his schooling and we had little kids running around. It probably will never be used for a worldwide catastrophe but on an individual basis. She grew up Mormon and learned the importance of self-reliance.Д®MILY COTTAM: I've always heard church leaders say, we want you to have this food storage.

HUTSON: Caitlin's mom, 42-year-old Emily Cottam, says they have enough food down there to last about a year. She flicks on the light, revealing floor-to-ceiling shelves filled with food, paper towels and first-aid kits.Д¬AITLIN COTTAM: We have Jell-O and honey and lots of canned food, like soup. SONJA HUTSON, BYLINE: Eleven-year-old Caitlin Cottam walks downstairs to her family's basement in their home outside Salt Lake City. Sonja Hutson from member station KUER in Salt Lake City explains. As many were scrambling to buy enough to last them weeks or months, many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints already had stockpiles in their basements, under the beds and in their closets. That's because as the virus hit the U.S., people started stocking up on food, supplies and lots of toilet paper. Today she serves as the marketing officer for the Arizona State Alumni North Carolina chapter, and is a supporting member of AIGA.Empty store shelves have become a defining image of the coronavirus pandemic. Shelly has a degree in graphic design from Arizona State University, where she graduated summa cum laude and was part of the team to win the 2004 Design Excellence Award. As marketing manager, Shelly oversees all company marketing collateral including property flyers, brochures, MPVвЂ™s corporate portfolio, and website. Finally, Shelly joined MPV PropertiesВ in 2014. There she made materials for tenant events and managed BissellвЂ™s online intranet and tenant portals. In 2009, Shelly entered the corporate real estate industry as a Digital Media Specialist for The Bissell Companies. After relocating to North Carolina in 2005, she joined Hearst Magazines designing direct mail materials such as magazine inserts, buck slips, and cover wraps. ShellyвЂ™s career began at Brio Group Design, a small design firm in Phoenix, where she functioned as a graphic designer working on a variety of print pieces. Her design portfolio includes the redesign of the Bissell Companies logo, the development and design of, and marketing materials for magazine titles including O, The Oprah Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and Good Housekeeping.

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Shelly Johnson has been a professional in the field of design since 2004.