[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 853-854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00105]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 8922 of December 31, 2012

                
National Mentoring Month, 2013

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Our American family is bound together by caring 
                individuals who make it their mission to serve others. 
                During National Mentoring Month, we pay special tribute 
                to the men and women who enrich the lives of our young 
                people and fortify the unbreakable bonds between one 
                generation and the next.

                Mentors know that helping a child unlock their full 
                potential begins with care, guidance, and support--
                which is why my Administration is proud to celebrate 
                mentorship nationwide through programs that help young 
                people see the strength within themselves. We created 
                the Corporate Mentoring Challenge, which encourages 
                businesses across our country to open or expand 
                mentoring programs that equip our youth with the tools 
                to achieve. We have connected young men and women in 
                the Washington, DC, area with mentors at the White 
                House, and we have partnered with groups across the 
                public, private, and nonprofit sectors to build 
                pathways to summer job opportunities for low-income and 
                disconnected youth. And since 2010, we have worked to 
                build strong connections between children and 
                responsible adults through our Fatherhood and Mentoring 
                Initiative.

                A supportive mentor can mean the difference between 
                struggle and success. As we mark this important 
                occasion, I encourage all Americans to spend time as a 
                mentor and help lift our next generation toward their 
                hopes and dreams. To learn more about how to get 
                involved, visit www.Serve.gov/Mentor.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim January 2013 as 
                National Mentoring Month. I call upon public officials, 
                business and community leaders, educators, and 
                Americans across the country to observe this month with 
                appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.

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

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