Community packs up love and care items for troops overseas

NEW BRITAIN --  In the spirit of giving, many people spent Thanksgiving wrapping up the holiday spirit for our troops.
The New Britain VFW was packed with people spending the holiday honoring our soliders in a special way, wrapping up care packages.
The goal behind the annual event is for the community to wrap up care items and gifts to send overseas to United States military members.
Organizer Karen Cote came up with the idea three years ago when she was putting together her own care