care package

noun

Also CARE package. a package containing food, clothing, or other items sent as necessities to people in need of them.
a gift of treats to relatives or friends, especially of items not readily available to them:
She sends monthly care packages of homemade cookies to her son at college.

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 1945–50; from the aid packages distributed by CARE

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Idioms and Phrases

A gift package of food or other items not readily available to the recipient, as in While I was in college, Mom sent me a care package of homemade cookies just about every month . This term originated after World War II with CARE, an organization founded to send needed food, clothing, and other items to war-torn nations. By the 1960s the term had been transferred to sending packages of treats to children at camp, students away at school, and the like.

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Example Sentences

The group Operation Gratitude, for example, says it costs $15 to assemble and ship a care package.

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According to gigaom.com, care package sales have already generated $50,000.

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Anyhow, Obama is too chilly by nature ever to be convincing as a human care package.

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Or you could ship a care package through Any Soldier or Treats For Troops.

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It said she had forgotten to pick up the cigarettes, and that they would be in the next care package.

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