care package
noun
: a package of useful or pleasurable items that is sent or given as a gift to another (such as a college student)
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But sending a few treasures from your own household gives care packages a special intimacy.
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Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
My mam would send me down care packages, with socks and underpants or toothpaste and deodorant, knowing that my £27-a-week wage would only get me so far.
—Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
The good news is that in recent years, mental health researchers around the world have begun to design care packages that tackle these two challenges in delivering treatment in developing countries: making remedies culturally appropriate and operating in low-resource environments.
—Catherine Thomas, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2015
There’s nothing like a handwritten message to make a care package memorable.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
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Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
My mam would send me down care packages, with socks and underpants or toothpaste and deodorant, knowing that my £27-a-week wage would only get me so far.
—Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
The good news is that in recent years, mental health researchers around the world have begun to design care packages that tackle these two challenges in delivering treatment in developing countries: making remedies culturally appropriate and operating in low-resource environments.
—Catherine Thomas, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2015
There’s nothing like a handwritten message to make a care package memorable.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Care package.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care%20package. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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