[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 4407-4408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-418]



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The President





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Proclamation 8102--Fifth Anniversary of USA Freedom Corps, 2007



Executive Order 13424--Further Amendment to Executive Order 13285, 
Relating to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
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                Proclamation 8102 of January 25, 2007

                
Fifth Anniversary of USA Freedom Corps, 2007

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The great strength of our Nation is found in the heroic 
                kindness, courage, and self-sacrifice of the American 
                people. Every day, individuals show the good heart of 
                our country by volunteering to help make someone's life 
                better. Since 2002, the USA Freedom Corps has provided 
                access to volunteer opportunities for millions of 
                Americans. On the fifth anniversary of the USA Freedom 
                Corps, we honor volunteers who give their time and 
                talents to make a difference in the lives of others, 
                and we recognize that helping those in need makes 
                America a more hopeful country.

                The USA Freedom Corps was created to encourage 
                Americans to answer the call to serve a cause greater 
                than themselves. By matching willing volunteers with 
                opportunities in their communities, the USA Freedom 
                Corps brings Americans together to mentor children, 
                assist the elderly, clean up neighborhoods, and perform 
                countless acts of generosity. The USA Freedom Corps has 
                helped support national service programs such as 
                AmeriCorps, Citizen Corps, Peace Corps, and Senior 
                Corps. Through programs like these, volunteers all 
                across the country bring comfort and kindness to people 
                at home and abroad.

                Through the USA Freedom Corps website at volunteer.gov, 
                all Americans can find ways to serve in our country's 
                armies of compassion. By answering the universal call 
                to help a neighbor, individual Americans can transform 
                towns and cities into more caring communities and 
                neighborhoods and make America a better place.

                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 January 29, 2007, as the 
                Fifth Anniversary of the USA Freedom Corps. I call upon 
                the citizens of this great country to find ways to 
                volunteer and help their fellow Americans. I commend 
                the efforts of the USA Freedom Corps and all those who 
                have already answered the call to serve, and I 
                encourage all Americans to give of their time, energy, 
                and talents to make America even stronger.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                first. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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