96-9360. National D.A.R.E. Day, 1996

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 73 (Monday, April 15, 1996)]
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The President





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 Proclamation 6882--National D.A.R.E. Day, 1996

 Proclamation 6883--National Pay Inequity Awareness Day, 1996


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                Proclamation 6882 of April 10, 1996

                
National D.A.R.E. Day, 1996

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Drug abuse and violence pose serious threats to the 
                health and well-being of American youth. We must 
                redouble our efforts to help children understand the 
                consequences of destructive behaviors and give them the 
                tools they need to succeed. This critical endeavor 
                requires all of us--government, law enforcement, 
                schools, religious communities, and families--to work 
                together. Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is 
                a proven means of communicating a strong anti-drug, 
                anti-violence message to students of all ages. This 
                year, D.A.R.E. will provide 33 million young people, 
                from kindergartners to 12th graders, with information 
                and strategies to help them resist peer pressure and to 
                avoid drugs, tobacco, inhalants, and alcohol abuse 
                throughout their lives. Reaching children in 30 
                countries, all 50 States, and 70 percent of our 
                Nation's school districts, D.A.R.E. also empowers 
                students with vital conflict resolution and anger 
                management skills.

                Today and throughout the year, let us recognize this 
                program as a model of effective, grassroots 
                organization and commend D.A.R.E. officers for their 
                dedicated efforts to promote health and safety. As an 
                integral and valued part of countless American schools, 
                these caring men and women are joining parents, 
                teachers, and concerned citizens everywhere to help 
                children lead safe, healthy, productive lives.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 11, 1996, as National 
                D.A.R.E. Day. I call upon families, educators, and all 
                the people of the United States to observe this day 
                with appropriate activities and programs.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen 
                hundred and ninety-six, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and twentieth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 96-9360
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