[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 20389]
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[FR Doc No: 95-10328]



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                Proclamation 6790 of April 21, 1995

                
National Volunteer Week, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Our ancestors built this Nation on the spirit of 
                independence and the strength of community. Yesterday's 
                Americans came together to raise a barn, till a farm, 
                or teach a child to write. They came together to care 
                for one another and to lift up their neighbors in need. 
                For rich and poor, old and young, giving their talents 
                to benefit the community was the most fundamental 
                responsibility of American citizenship.

                Through the years, this basic ideal has endured. 
                Service remains the noblest quality of the American 
                character. Our people still come together to build a 
                house, plant a garden, or tutor a child. Elementary 
                school students help older Americans in their daily 
                lives. Seniors help struggling teenagers stay out of 
                trouble. Countless dedicated citizens claim our 
                country's challenges as their own. Their service sets a 
                powerful example of leadership and compassion for each 
                of us to follow.

                As a partner in progress, government can expand and 
                strengthen this great American legacy. AmeriCorps, the 
                Senior Corps, and Learn and Serve America now provide 
                service opportunities for more than a million of our 
                citizens. These initiatives enable us to keep faith 
                with the covenant of citizenship. This week, we 
                celebrate the tens of millions of volunteers who give 
                their time, their energy, and their hearts to making 
                our world a better place.

                We are indeed fortunate that, even as we face difficult 
                problems in our streets, schools, homes, and 
                communities, citizens are volunteering to help one 
                another in numerous ways. Some spend a few hours every 
                week. Others give entire days--even years--of their 
                lives to service. Each makes a lasting contribution to 
                the substance and the spirit of community in America. 
                And each helps lead us into an ever brighter future.

                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 23 through April 29, 
                1995, as ``National Volunteer Week.'' I call upon all 
                Americans to observe this week with appropriate 
                programs, ceremonies, and activities in expression of 
                their commitment.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-first 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. 95-10328
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