package, but over the course of time the nature of distribution changed and packages were sent to target areas as opposed to specific individuals. On June 5, 1946 the prohibition against sending CARE packages to occupied Germany was rescinded. On June 6 General Lucius D. Clay signed the CARE treaty permitting the distribution of packages in the U.S. occupation zone, on June 21 the British also signed the treaty. Marie Pierre Kœnig signed the treaty in December 1946, thus permitting the distribution of CARE packages also in the French occupation zone. The first CARE packages for distribution in the U.S. zone landed in Bremen harbor in August 1946, while the first packages for the French zone were distributed in Freiburg in December 1946. By 1960, when operations in West Germany ended CARE had distributed 83,000 tonnes of aid in West Germany. Operations continued until 1962 in West Berlin. CARE phased out CARE Packages in the 1960s as its work began to focus on long-term projects in addition to emergency relief. Berlin Airlift CARE Package 2020 In May 2020, CARE launched a new CARE Package in order to respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Today's CARE Package marks the first time CARE has included the United States in the list of countries requiring urgent humanitarian support. CARE Packages for Frontline Heroes and CARE Package Relief are CARE's first U.S.-based aid initiatives. In addition to the U.S. distribution, CARE will launch CARE Packages for Global Communities, which will allow donors to support COVID-19 initiatives in Ecuador and Sierra Leone. Today's CARE Package features ways to support frontline, medical workers, caregivers, individuals in need, and communities in the U.S. and around the world affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with digital, physical, and financial support. The program will provide monetary assistance, food, and essential supplies to individuals in need and at risk in the form of CARE Packages. In popular culture In the United States, the term "care package" has come to be applied to packages of food and other goodies sent to absent friends and relations, particularly to college students, by their families. Numerous companies now offer pre-assembled packages that can be ordered for delivery. See also GARIOA CRALOG UNRRA Special Kindness In Packages, Inc. HeroBox Westpaket Notes and references Aftermath of World War II in Germany Aftermath of World War II in the United States Hunger relief organizations