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"  This post was written by Danielle Gold, the Good Housekeeping Research Institute (GHRI)&amp;#039;s summer editorial intern who&amp;#039;s back studying Media at Hunter College in New York City. When I was younger and attending sleep-a-way camp, my mother used to send the best care packages. I&amp;#039;d receive one and my friends would flock to my tent. We&amp;#039;d spend the next two weeks of downtime playing the games and eating the snacks she always included. Somehow my mom always managed to strike a balance between things that I coveted and things she thought I should have. I haven&amp;#039;t received any care packages in college. When I asked my mother why, she reminded me that I live less than an hour from home and it&amp;#039;s quicker and easier for her to take the train into Manhattan and treat me to a sampling of world-class pastries at a NYC bakery than devise a package. She then admitted that she wouldn&amp;#039;t quite know what to pack for a young adult with a debit card and internet access to whom most of life&amp;#039;s essentials had already been provided. While I value quality time with my mom, I miss the thrill of opening a package of goodies. In view of that, I&amp;#039;ve decided to give her some tips to make shopping for me easier (hint hint, nudge nudge). Keep reading to learn what would be in my dream care package--a gift bundle that I think a lot of young folks away from home would be happy to open.  100 Calorie Packs. A care package without sweets would be like college without the Freshman 15. I wish my mom would whip up some of Good Housekeeping&amp;#039;s healthy cookie recipes and pack them in 100 calories or less bags. Then I wouldn&amp;#039;t have to choose between my figure and my sweet tooth. Chain Restaurant Gift Cards. I&amp;#039;ve many fond memories of eating at T.G.I. Friday&amp;#039;s and Applebee&amp;#039;s on Friday and Saturday nights in high school. While in college I find it more convenient to order take-out or visit the dining hall, it would be nice to be able to eat out once in a while without worrying about paying the bill. Gift certificates from Restaurants.com or Groupon.com would also be very welcome. Tea and Coffee. Freshman year, I went through a cube of 100 bags of Mango Green Tea from TJ Maxx. All of my roommate&amp;#039;s meal plan flex points go to the campus Starbucks. It would really help us out if mom would send a GHRI-tested coffeemaker and/or electric kettle.  Small Games. No television, no problem! It&amp;#039;s surprising how much time I&amp;#039;ve passed in the past year playing Bananagrams and Uno. Another good idea: Apples to Apples.  Socks. I suspect that my dorm&amp;#039;s washing machine and dryer might be powered by missing socks instead of electricity.  Magazines or Subscriptions. Back in my summer camp days, Seventeen was a real hit. In fact, I still read it and when I&amp;#039;m home I spend hours catching up on my mom&amp;#039;s magazines. Yet even though 45 minutes of flipping through a magazine is my idea of the ultimate study break. After I drop big bucks on textbooks, I&amp;#039;m never quite willing to shell out money for mags. I&amp;#039;m hoping one of my treats will be Good Housekeeping. To schedule a visit to the Good Housekeeping Research Institute and see how and where we test hundreds of products every year, please go to our tours homepage. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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