[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 15 (Monday, April 21, 2008)]
[Page 521]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 8238--Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2008

April 15, 2008

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    A hopeful society helps ensure that its citizens develop the 
character, knowledge, and skills they need to succeed. On Education and 
Sharing Day, we underscore our dedication to encouraging our Nation's 
youth to build a solid foundation for a lifetime of accomplishment.
    Education and Sharing Day pays tribute to the unique efforts of 
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Rebbe 
helped create numerous education and outreach centers, which continue to 
provide social service programs and humanitarian aid at home and around 
the globe.
    On this day and throughout the year, we encourage our children to 
set high goals, make the right choices, and put character first. By 
instilling respect, responsibility, civic duty, compassion, and honesty 
in our youth, we can help more of our citizens realize the great promise 
of America.
    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 April 16, 2008, as 
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. I call upon government officials, 
educators, volunteers, and all the people of the United States to reach 
out to young people and work to create a better, brighter, and more 
hopeful future for all.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day 
of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
second.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., April 17, 
2008]

Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on April 16, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
April 18.