Karen Cote hugs Grace Buchholz, 10, a volunteer with her Brownie troop, at Hero Boxes, Inc. in Berlin, Conn. What started out as Cote sending a care package to her soldier son in Afghanistan three years ago has now blossomed into a community-wide effort to send packages to other deployed soldiers in an effort called "Hero Boxes." (Patrick Raycraft/Hartford Courant/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1246822