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What's Inside a CARE PACKAGE®?
Each CARE PACKAGE helps meet urgent needs after disasters, rebuild lives, and restore hope.
Send a CARE PACKAGE80 years ago, CARE sent the first CARE PACKAGE across oceans to help people after World War II.
The world’s most iconic symbol of compassion in action has been reimagined for the crises of today. The CARE PACKAGE carries more than aid — it carries connection, dignity, and hope. Help us send one million CARE PACKAGE parcels to people impacted by disasters in the U.S. and around the world.
A box is just a box...
Until it's so much more. 80 years ago, CARE created the CARE PACKAGE to deliver food, supplies, and lifesaving essentials — but what arrived first was hope. Today, we're bringing it back. See why it’s what’s inside that counts.
It's what's inside that counts
Over the years, the CARE PACKAGE has come in many sizes, shapes, and formats, but it’s what’s inside that counts. It’s about getting people what they need and when they need it because every second counts in times of crisis.
U.S. CARE PACKAGE
WHAT IT IS
CARE works with U.S. community-based organizations to rapidly deliver our CARE PACKAGE hygiene essentials to families after disasters and continues to support communities during recovery.
WHAT’S IN IT
The items people need most 24 hours after a crisis hits are basic hygiene items, such as soap, toothpaste, a toothbrush, a comb, and washcloths.
CARE PACKAGE for Emergencies
WHAT IT IS
The CARE PACKAGE for Emergencies is a lightweight, pre‑positioned kit with almost 40 essentials produced and distributed locally to help a family of four survive and recover when every second counts.
WHAT’S IN IT
Kitchen supplies, solar panels, phone chargers, blankets, tent, hygiene supplies, and more.
It's what's inside that counts
Over the years, the CARE PACKAGE has come in many sizes, shapes, and formats, but it’s what’s inside that counts. It’s about getting people what they need and when they need it because every second counts in times of crisis.
U.S. CARE PACKAGE
WHAT IT IS
CARE works with U.S. community-based organizations to rapidly deliver our CARE PACKAGE hygiene essentials to families after disasters and continues to support communities during recovery.
WHAT’S IN IT
The items people need most 24 hours after a crisis hits are basic hygiene items, such as soap, toothpaste, a toothbrush, a comb, and washcloths.
CARE PACKAGE for Emergencies
WHAT IT IS
The CARE PACKAGE for Emergencies is a lightweight, pre‑positioned kit with almost 40 essentials produced and distributed locally to help a family of four survive and recover when every second counts.
WHAT’S IN IT
Kitchen supplies, solar panels, phone chargers, blankets, tent, hygiene supplies, and more.
Write a note of care
Each CARE PACKAGE includes a personal note, not just aid, but the knowledge that someone still cares. Because people don’t just need things. They need to know they matter.
Join us in person!
CARE PACKAGE events power a global movement of compassion — one that started with people coming together to deliver hope.
Join a CARE PACKAGE packing event
Help us reach our goal of packing 50,000 CARE PACKAGE kits, filled with essential supplies to support people and communities facing crisis.
Employee engagement: Host a packing event
Are you looking for an activity that your staff can do together? Host a CARE PACKAGE packing event! When the next disaster happens, you will know that you helped someone feel a little bit better.
Read more about the CARE PACKAGE
Read more about the CARE PACKAGE
Crisis Response
Disaster relief, reimagined: The CARE PACKAGE® for Emergencies is unlike anything else
With supplies for shelter, water, cooking, hygiene, and solar energy packed into one lightweight package, CARE’s new CARE PACKAGE® for Emergencies is reshaping how families experience disaster response.
CARE celebrates 80 years by delivering the next generation of CARE PACKAGE® kits
Eight decades after creating and delivering the first CARE PACKAGE boxes, the humanitarian organization CARE is marking the anniversary by relaunching the CARE PACKAGE and hosting a series of community CARE PACKAGE events nationwide
Women and Girls
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