CARE was founded 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. On May 11, 1946, the first 15,000 packages reached the battered port of Le Havre, France.
Seventy years after World War II, the CARE Package has evolved and today powers change in new, lasting ways for the people who need it most.
Deliver lasting change at care.org.
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