[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 4 (Monday, January 29, 2007)]
[Page 83]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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

 January 25, 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.
    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.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., January 29, 
2007]

Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on 
January 30.