[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 749-750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00085]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 9073 of December 31, 2013

                
National Mentoring Month, 2014

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                In every corner of our Nation, mentors push our next 
                generation to shape their ambitions, set a positive 
                course, and achieve their boundless potential. During 
                National Mentoring Month, we celebrate everyone who 
                teaches, inspires, and guides young Americans as they 
                reach for their dreams.

                Mentors help children build confidence, gain knowledge, 
                and develop the strength of character to succeed inside 
                and outside of the classroom. They are relatives, 
                teachers, coaches, ministers, and neighbors. Anyone can 
                be a mentor, and every child should have the chance to 
                be a mentee. Young people with mentors have better 
                attendance in school, higher self-esteem, a greater 
                chance of pursuing higher education, and a reduced risk 
                of substance abuse. That is why my Administration is 
                creating new opportunities to give back--from expanding 
                national service, promoting responsible fatherhood, and 
                challenging businesses to grow their mentoring 
                activities, to First Lady Michelle Obama's mentoring 
                initiative, which pairs local high school girls with 
                powerful role models. For more information on how to 
                get involved in a mentoring program, visit 
                www.Serve.gov/Mentor.

                America is at its best when we lift each other up, when 
                we pursue our individual goals while never forgetting 
                that we are bound as one Nation and as one people. If 
                we carry this spirit forward, if we take responsibility 
                for our future leaders and give them the tools to 
                succeed, America's best days will always lie ahead.

                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 2014 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 thirteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                eighth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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