[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 52845-52846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26340]


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                Proclamation 7485 of October 15, 2001

                
National School Lunch Week, 2001

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Our Nation's future depends on fulfilling the promise 
                in our children. As parents, teachers, community 
                activists, governmental leaders, and concerned 
                citizens, we must strongly commit ourselves to ensuring 
                that our young people receive the care, education, and 
                resources they need to realize their potential.

                Since 1946, the National School Lunch Program has 
                played an important part in pursuing that goal, by 
                serving schoolchildren nutritious, well-balanced meals. 
                Currently, the National School Lunch Program daily 
                provides more than 27 million lunches in more than 
                97,700 schools. Of the children who participate in this 
                program, 57 percent receive their meals for free or at 
                a reduced price. For many of them, lunch is their only 
                meal of the day that meets recommended nutritional 
                guidelines.

                The National School Lunch Program contributes to the 
                development of healthy eating habits among our 
                children. The Program's Team Nutrition Initiative 
                focuses on teaching and motivating children to make 
                food choices that enhance their energy, growth, and 
                potential.

                The Program is vitally important to achieving our 
                educational goals. Poorly fed children have more 
                difficulty learning, are less attentive in class, and 
                suffer more chronic problems, such as absenteeism and 
                tardiness, than children who are properly nourished. By 
                making nutritious meals available to all 
                schoolchildren, the National School Lunch Program will 
                help us ensure that we leave no child behind.

                In recognition of the contributions of the National 
                School Lunch Program to the health, education, and 
                well-being of our Nation's children, the Congress, by 
                joint resolution of October 9, 1962 (Public Law 87-
                780), has designated the week beginning on the second 
                Sunday in October of each year as ``National School 
                Lunch Week'' and has requested the President to issue a 
                proclamation in observance of this week.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 14 
                through October 20, 2001, as National School Lunch 
                Week. I call upon all Americans to join the dedicated 
                individuals who lead child nutrition programs at the 
                State and local levels in appropriate activities and 
                celebrations that promote these programs.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand one, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

[FR Doc. 01-26340
Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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