"Gregory Morrow" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> Many of us enjoy sending - and receiving - "care packages" of various
> culinary goodies and such...
>
> Who do you send them to...???

Loyal readers who cannot get something they need to make a recipe... not
very often!
>
> What do you include in them...???

The ingredient and some local 2 language magazines that show iff my area.
>
> Longest distance one of your care packages has travelled...or most exotic>
> destination...???

Italy to New Zealand, but most recently the Netherlands with Pane Carasau
for a reader who has been making my recipes for almost 4 years, since day
one.

> I almost submitted this to the official RFC site, but what the hey, I
> guess
> this will be an "unofficial" survey - I intend no slight to our
> indefatigable Chatty Cathy...
>
> ;-)
>
> Some interesting history, CARE is still extant and very active. Check out
> the contents of the first CARE packages! :
>
> http://www.care.org/about/history.asp
>
>
> "History:
>
> CARE is one of the world's largest private humanitarian organizations.
> Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we're part of an international
> confederation of 11 member organizations committed to helping communities
> in
> the developing world achieve lasting victories over poverty.
>
> The scope of our mission has changed considerably since our founding in
> 1945, when 22 American organizations came together to rush lifesaving CARE
> Packages to survivors of World War II. Thousands of Americans, including
> President Harry S. Truman contributed to the effort. (Get QuickTime to
> watch
> this video of the president.) On May 11, 1946, the first 20,000 packages
> reached the battered port of Le Havre, France. Some 100 million more CARE
> Packages reached people in need during the next two decades, first in
> Europe
> and later in Asia and other parts of the developing world.
>
>
> Our Name
>
> We've always been known by the acronym "CARE," but the meaning behind the
> letters has changed as our mission has broadened. When we were founded in
> 1945, CARE stood for "Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe."
> Today, with projects in more than 60 countries around the world, CARE
> stands
> for "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc."
>
>
> The CARE Package®
>
> "Every CARE Package is a personal contribution to the world peace our
> nation
> seeks. It expresses America's concern and friendship in a language all
> peoples understand."
>
> - President John F. Kennedy, 1962
>
>
> The first CARE Packages were U.S. Army surplus "10-in-1" food parcels
> intended to provide one meal for 10 soldiers during the planned invasion
> of
> Japan. We obtained them at the end of World War II and began a service
> that
> let Americans send the packages to friends and families in Europe, where
> millions were in danger of starvation. Ten dollars [about US $90.00 in
> 2008
> dollars] bought a CARE Package and guaranteed that its addressee would
> receive it within four months.
>
> When the "10-in-1" parcels ran out, we began assembling our own food
> packages, greatly assisted by donations from American companies. At first,
> senders had to designate a specific person as the recipient, but soon CARE
> was flooded with donations to send CARE Packages to "a hungry occupant of
> a
> thatched cottage," "a school teacher in Germany," and so on.
>
> Decades ago, we largely phased out the CARE Package as we expanded the
> breadth of our work, focusing on long-term projects in addition to
> emergency
> relief. However, it remains a powerful symbol of the compassion and
> generosity of those who support our vision of a world free of poverty and
> suffering.
>
>
> What was in the first CARE Packages?
>
> one pound of beef in broth
> one pound of steak and kidneys
> 8 ounces of liver loaf
> 8 ounces of corned beef
> 12 ounces of luncheon loaf (like Spam®)
> 8 ounces of bacon
> 2 pounds of margarine
> one pound of lard
> one pound of fruit preserves
> one pound of honey
> one pound of raisins
> one pound of chocolate
> 2 pounds of sugar
> 8 ounces of egg powder
> 2 pounds of whole-milk powder
> 2 pounds of coffee
>
> Later CARE Packages included food for different cultural diets and
> non-food
> items such as carpentry tools, blankets, school supplies and medicine..."
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