    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 124, 111th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    PROCLAMATION 8483--MAR. 5, 2010

    Proclamation 8483 of March 5, 2010
    Save Your Vision Week, 2010
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation

    While many Americans are fortunate to have healthy eyes, millions are
    affected by low vision or blindness. Maintaining good vision requires
    early diagnosis and timely treatment of eye conditions. Save Your Vision
    Week is a time for all Americans to take action to protect their sight.
    Vision loss affects everyone, from infants with genetic conditions, to
    teens and adults with refractive errors, to older individuals with
    cataracts and other age-related eye diseases. Through recent studies,
    scientists and clinicians have identified risk factors, early detection
    methods, and new treatments for many eye conditions, but individuals can
    also take steps to protect their own vision.
    By getting regular eye examinations, Americans can take advantage of
    medical breakthroughs that allow early detection and treatment of vision
    loss. Doctors also recommend maintaining a healthy diet, not smoking,
    and wearing sunglasses or suitable eye protection when playing sports or
    performing household chores and yard work. This week, I encourage all
    Americans to visit the National Eye Institute website at www.NEI.NIH.gov
    to find eye care professionals in communities across our country and to
    access the latest eye health information.
    To remind Americans about the importance of safeguarding their eyesight,
    the United States Congress, by joint resolution approved December 30,
    1963, as amended (77 Stat. 629; 36 U.S.C. 138), has authorized and
    requested the President to proclaim the first week in March of each year
    as ``Save Your Vision Week.''
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
    America, do hereby proclaim March 7 through March 13, 2010, as Save Your
    Vision Week. During this time, I invite eye care professionals,
    teachers, members of the media, and all organizations dedicated to
    preserving eyesight to join in activities that will raise awareness of
    eye and vision health.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of March,
    in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the
    United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
    BARACK OBAMA