[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 22249-22250]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          CHILD AWARENESS WEEK

  The resolution (S. Res. 609) honoring the children's charities, 
youth-serving

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organizations, and other nongovernmental organizations committed to 
enriching and bettering the lives of children and designating the week 
of September 24, 2006, as ``Child Awareness Week'' was considered and 
agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 609), with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 609

       Whereas the children and youths of the United States 
     represent the future of the United States;
       Whereas numerous individuals, children's organizations, and 
     youth-serving organizations that work with children and 
     youths on a daily basis provide invaluable services that 
     serve to enrich and better the lives of children and youths;
       Whereas by strengthening and supporting children's and 
     youth-serving charities and other similar nongovernmental 
     organizations and by encouraging greater collaboration among 
     these organizations, the lives of many more children may be 
     enriched and made better;
       Whereas heightening people's awareness of and increasing 
     the support by the United States for children and youth-
     serving organizations that provide access to healthcare, 
     social services, education, the arts, sports, and other 
     services will help to improve the lives of children and 
     youths;
       Whereas September is a time when parents, families, 
     teachers, school administrators, and others increase their 
     focus on preparing children and youths of the United States 
     for the future as they begin a new school year and it is a 
     time for the people of the United States as a whole to 
     highlight and be mindful of the needs of children and youths;
       Whereas ``Child Awareness Week'', observed in September, 
     recognizes the children's charities, youth-serving 
     organizations, and other nongovernmental organizations across 
     the United States for the work they do to improve and enrich 
     the lives of children and youths of the United States; and
       Whereas a week-long salute to children and youths is in the 
     public interest and will encourage support for these 
     charities and organizations that seek to provide a better 
     future for the children and youths of the United States: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates the week of September 24, 2006, as ``Child 
     Awareness Week'';
       (2) recognizes with great appreciation the children's 
     charities and youth-serving organizations across the United 
     States for their efforts on behalf of children and youths; 
     and
       (3) calls on the people of the United States to--
       (A) observe the week of September 24, 2006, by focusing on 
     the needs of the children and youths of the United States;
       (B) recognize the efforts of children's charities and 
     youth-serving organizations to enrich and better the lives of 
     the children and youths of the United States; and
       (C) support the efforts of the children's charities and 
     youth-serving organizations of the United States as an 
     investment for the future of the United States.

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