Great idea. I am sure she will appreciate it. If she is anything like my mom, her first question would be "What is it?" After all the fawning of course.

A couple of questions.

What part of the country do you live in? This can make a difference on what to include. Up North, you may want to include or suggest clothing set aside just for getting out without freezing.

Also, you have included a way to make fire, but not necessarily a way to sustain it. Either buy or make some tinder. 6-10 cotton balls slathered with petrolium jelly will easily fit into a film container, and will burn for about 6 minutes or so. They keep well and are cheap to make.

For the medicinal area, include at least one package of "baby wipes". These come in very handy. Package them inside a quart sized freezer zip-lock, and you have an extra water container just in case.

Under the food catagory, remember that while the powerbars are great, if they are the coated type, they may get messy if they get warm (ie in the trunk of the car in summer) Also, heat makes the coco-butter seperate from chocolate (whitish texture on top of "old" cany bars). So, you may want to avoid these types of items. Shop around, there is a lot out there to choose from.

Good luck.