[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 11 (Monday, March 19, 2001)]
[Pages 458-459]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7416--National Girl Scout Week, 2001

 March 16, 2001

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    This week marks the 89th anniversary of the founding of the Girl 
Scouts of the United States of America. Juliette Gordon Low founded the 
organization as a way to give girls greater opportunities to develop 
skills and to mentor them in knowledge and character. Promoting 
leadership and altruism, the Girl Scouts organization has played a 
unique and important role in preparing millions of girls to master 
challenges and to pursue dreams.
    The Girl Scouts offers many ways for members to explore their 
interests and talents. With participation spanning five levels, girls 
ages 5 to 17 learn the importance of strong values as they strive to 
fulfill the highest ideals of good citizenship. The pure enjoyment of 
camping and other recreational activities is matched with lessons in 
compassionate caring for their neighbors.
    Today, almost 3 million girls and more than 900,000 adult volunteers 
reap the benefits of involvement with this beloved and enduring 
organization. Guiding America's next generation of leaders, the Girl 
Scouts helps individuals to reach their full potential and builds a 
brighter future for our great Nation.

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    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 
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 11 through March 
17, 2001, as National Girl Scout Week. I call on the people of the 
United States to observe the 89th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the 
United States of America with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day 
of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
fifth.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., March 19, 
2001]

Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on 
March 20.