[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 1994)]
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Part IX





The President





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Proclamation 6673--
National Volunteer Week, 1994


                        Presidential Documents 


Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 75
Tuesday, April 19, 1994

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Title 3--
The President
                 Proclamation 6673 of April 15, 1994

 
National Volunteer Week, 1994

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Since the founding of our democracy, the ideal of 
                community service has been an integral part of our 
                national character. As the words of Thomas Jefferson 
                remind us, ``A debt of service is due from every man to 
                his country proportioned to the bounties which nature 
                and fortune have measured to him.'' Throughout our 
                history, Americans have been called upon to meet his 
                challenge a thousandfold. For our Nation is a place of 
                tremendous blessings--a noble purpose, a wealth of 
                resources, a diverse and determined people. We are rich 
                in the gifts of freedom. During this week especially, 
                we realize anew that shared responsibility is freedom's 
                price.

                That our vibrant spirit of community has made our 
                country strong reflects our understanding of this 
                enduring truth. Every day, countless volunteers across 
                America work to address the fundamental necessities of 
                our people--educating our youth, protecting our 
                environment, caring for those in need. From children 
                who help older Americans after school to volunteer 
                firemen who guard our neighborhoods while we sleep, 
                these dedicated individuals bring a sense of hope and 
                security to everyone whose lives they touch. Their 
                service makes us stronger as a Nation, setting a 
                powerful example of leadership and compassion to which 
                we all can aspire.

                This past year has marked the beginning of a new era 
                for America, an era in which those of us who have 
                benefited from this great land are acting on our 
                instincts to help others in return. Though government 
                has an important role to play in meeting the many 
                challenges that remain before us, we are coming to 
                understand that no organization, including government, 
                will fully succeed without the active participation of 
                each of us. Working family by family, block by block, 
                the efforts of America's volunteers are vital to 
                enabling this country to live up to the true promise of 
                its heritage.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by the authority vested in me 
                by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do 
                hereby proclaim the week of April 17 through April 23, 
                1994, as ``National Volunteer Week.'' I call upon all 
                Americans to observe this week with appropriate 
                programs, ceremonies, and activities as an expression 
                of their gratitude.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and eighteenth.

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[FR Doc. 94-9613
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