[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 197 (Thursday, October 13, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 52069-52070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-25607]
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[Federal Register: October 13, 1994]
Presidential Documents
Proclamation 6738 of October 8, 1994
National School Lunch Week, 1994
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Sound nutrition plays a vital role in ensuring that
children reach their full potential physically,
emotionally, and intellectually. Our commitment to the
National School Lunch Program reflects the importance
of nutrition in our daily lives.
As we celebrate National School Lunch Week this year,
we reaffirm our concern for the health of our Nation by
continuing to press forward in our comprehensive
initiative requiring that school meals meet the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans. Through this initiative, we
will update the standards for school meals to reflect
the most recent scientific consensus calling for low
fat, high fiber foods to help reduce the likelihood of
such life-threatening illnesses as cancer and heart
disease. We also will help to instill eating habits
that promote lifelong health and well-being, and we
will rededicate ourselves to delivering school meals
that meet the highest possible standards for
nutritional quality and appeal.
The National School Lunch Program currently operates in
more than 95 percent of the Nation's public schools and
serves about 25 million lunches daily. Many children
receive their only nutritious meal of the day at
school. These school meals can increase a student's
attention span and learning capability. They can
improve overall health. And they can help to teach good
dietary habits that will last a lifetime. These
accomplishments are made possible by the joint efforts
of principals, teachers, parents, Federal, State, and
local officials, and especially the food service
professionals working in more than 92,000 schools and
residential child care institutions across the country.
We commend all of these individuals for their concern
and their dedication in making wholesome meals a
reality for our Nation's children.
In recognition of the contributions of the National
School Lunch Program to the nutritional well-being of
children, the Congress, by joint resolution of October
9, 1962 (Public Law No. 87-780), has designated the
week beginning the second Sunday in October of each
year as ``National School Lunch Week'' and has
requested the President to issue a proclamation in
observance of that week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week
beginning October 9, 1994, as National School Lunch
Week. I call upon all Americans to recognize those
individuals whose efforts contribute to the success of
this valuable program.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and ninety-four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and
nineteenth.
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[FR Doc. 94-25607
Filed 10-12-94; 11:51 am]
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