The origin of the CARE package
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Much too numerous to count. Early on I thought the term referred to a feeling of concern or interest in someone or something, i.e., resulting in the attachment of importance.
Later I learned of the organization CARE as it arose from the consequences of World War II. On this day in 1945 CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to a send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe. Now the title is an acronym for Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere ... a modernization of that initial mission in the context of the provision of help internationally.
It is a coalition of 14 member nations with a goal of providing humanitarian and emergency relief as well as the provision of long-term development projects internationally.
So the "care packages" of my earlier existence were actually symbolic of a much larger entity and my "care" as it were a minute example of local inclusivity.
CARE has been around for 72 years. Longer than even me.