[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 9, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25163]



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The President





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Proclamation 7838--National Adoption Month, 2004



Proclamation 7839--National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, 2004



Proclamation 7840--National American Indian Heritage Month, 2004



Proclamation 7841--National Diabetes Month, 2004



Proclamation 7842--National Family Caregivers Month, 2004



Proclamation 7843--National Hospice Month, 2004
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                Proclamation 7838 of November 4, 2004

                
National Adoption Month, 2004

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                By deciding to share their hearts and homes with a 
                child, adoptive parents demonstrate great compassion 
                and receive many blessings in return. During National 
                Adoption Month, we recognize the generosity of adoptive 
                and foster families who are providing hope and love, 
                and we encourage the adoption of children of all ages.

                In 2002, I signed the Promoting Safe and Stable 
                Families legislation that supports families and 
                promotes adoption, and last December I signed the 
                Adoption Promotion Act of 2003 to increase incentives 
                to adopt older children. We have raised the adoption 
                tax credit to $10,000 per child and created the 
                AdoptUSKids website that has joined thousands of 
                children with adoptive parents. We are working hard to 
                place more children from foster care to permanent 
                homes. This year, on November 20, communities from all 
                50 States and the District of Columbia will celebrate 
                National Adoption Day by finalizing the adoption of 
                thousands of children by loving families. And each one 
                of those families will be enriched by the addition of 
                new members. By bringing care and hope into other 
                lives, individuals can fill their own lives with 
                greater purpose.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 November 2004 as National 
                Adoption Month. I call on all Americans to observe this 
                month with appropriate programs and activities to honor 
                adoptive families and to participate in efforts to find 
                permanent homes for waiting children.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand four, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-ninth.

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