[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 20001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10171]



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                Proclamation 6787 of April 20, 1995

                
National D.A.R.E. Day, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is 
                America's largest and most effective drug-use 
                prevention program. Reaching 25.5 million young people, 
                from kindergarten through 12th grade, its precepts are 
                taught in more than 250,000 classrooms in all 50 States 
                and many other lands worldwide.

                D.A.R.E. was designed to help prevent the substance 
                abuse and violence that plague too many of our Nation's 
                children. Teaching conflict resolution and anger 
                management skills, providing accurate information about 
                alcohol, drugs, and tobacco, and educating students 
                about the consequences of their behavior, D.A.R.E. has 
                served to increase self-esteem among our youth and give 
                them the tools they need to resist destructive peer 
                pressure.

                Today, people everywhere recognize that empowering kids 
                and teens with sound advice is important, but it is not 
                enough. Parents and teachers, counselors and concerned 
                citizens all must play a role in encouraging our young 
                people to lead safe, productive, drug-free lives. That 
                is why D.A.R.E. is taught by veteran police officers, 
                whose knowledge and skills have prepared them to 
                understand the reality of the streets and the lives of 
                children in need. D.A.R.E. demonstrates that, working 
                together, communities have the power within themselves 
                to keep the American Dream alive for all of us.

                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 April 20, 1995, as 
                ``National D.A.R.E. Day.'' I encourage parents, 
                teachers, and children across the country to join in 
                observing this day with appropriate programs and 
                activities.

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

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[FR Doc. 95-10171
Filed 4-20-95; 3:05 pm]
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