[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 11, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 24629]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11658]


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[Federal Register: May 11, 1994]




                        Presidential Documents 



                Proclamation 6687 of May 9, 1994

 

Older Americans Month, 1994

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Each year over 2 million of us become older Americans--
                entering a time of life that can bring new freedom, new 
                choices, and new beginnings. Retirement years offer the 
                freedom to strengthen family bonds and to share 
                knowledge and talents with friends and family members. 
                It can be a time to engage in cultural, intellectual, 
                and recreational activities with others and to provide 
                them with the guidance that comes from a lifetime of 
                experience. It can be a time of new beginnings--used to 
                pursue a second career, to gain more education, or to 
                engage in volunteer work that makes our neighborhoods, 
                communities, and the world a better place in which to 
                live.

                To enjoy these opportunities, we must take greater 
                responsibility in planning for a long life. Maintaining 
                a healthy lifestyle and staying physically fit can help 
                us to make the most of these new freedoms, choices, and 
                beginnings. While we in Government work to promote 
                universal health care coverage for all Americans, all 
                of us can encourage friends and families to pursue 
                daily practices that promote physical and mental well-
                being.

                This year's Older Americans Month celebration centers 
                around the theme of long life and good health with the 
                slogan--``Aging: An Experience of a Lifetime.'' I am 
                asking all Americans to help make this theme a reality 
                by striving to achieve healthy and productive 
                lifestyles.

                Each year, we are learning new ways to promote longer, 
                healthier, and more rewarding lives. We can do this by 
                learning to eat nutritiously, by giving up smoking, by 
                moderating our consumption of alcoholic beverages, and 
                by entering into a personal or group fitness program. 
                New studies show that regardless of age, it's never too 
                late to improve health and vitality.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim the month of May 1994, as 
                Older Americans Month. I call upon individual 
                Americans, representatives of government at all levels, 
                businesses, and community, volunteer, and educational 
                groups to work to increase opportunities for older 
                Americans and to adopt healthier lifestyles.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                ninth day of May, 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. 94-11658
Filed 5-10-94; 11:02 am]
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