[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 2010)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 71521-71522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29798]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 226 / Wednesday, November 24, 2010 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 8604 of November 19, 2010

                
National Child's Day, 2010

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On National Child's Day, we celebrate America's 
                children and rededicate ourselves to helping them reach 
                for their dreams and realize their full potential. To 
                build a strong foundation for our children's future, we 
                must support their health and development and ensure 
                that they receive a high-quality education that will 
                prepare them to lead in the 21st century.

                My Administration is committed to caring for our 
                Nation's most precious resource: our children. I was 
                proud to sign the Affordable Care Act into law, which 
                expands families' health insurance options and requires 
                new plans to cover recommended preventive services--
                including well-baby and well-child visits and essential 
                immunizations and vaccinations--with no out-of-pocket 
                costs. It also prohibits insurance companies from using 
                a pre-existing condition as a reason to deny health 
                care coverage to children as of this year, and to all 
                Americans in 2014. Additionally, through the ``Let's 
                Move!'' Initiative, First Lady Michelle Obama is 
                helping lead our effort to end the epidemic of 
                childhood obesity within a generation by encouraging 
                healthy eating and physical activity.

                We must also invest in our Nation's future by investing 
                in our children's education, for it is both a key to 
                success and a prerequisite to opportunity. Early 
                childhood education programs can greatly influence 
                learning capabilities later in life, and my 
                Administration is working to expand these programs and 
                improve their quality. Teachers are the most important 
                resource to a child's learning, and countless children 
                benefit from the experience and enthusiasm that 
                teachers bring to the classroom. These individuals 
                instill in our youth the knowledge that will enable 
                them to grow into active and engaged adults. Through 
                such care and guidance--and a greater effort by all to 
                provide safe, supportive spaces for our children, free 
                of bullying and harassment--we will unlock the promise 
                within each child.

                Our children will soon stand at the helm of America and 
                steer its course. This Child's Day, let us recommit to 
                instilling the values, vision, and knowledge that will 
                allow our children to realize a future of opportunity 
                and prosperity.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, 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 November 20, 2010, as 
                National Child's Day. I call upon all citizens to 
                observe this day with appropriate activities, programs, 
                and ceremonies, and to rededicate ourselves to creating 
                the bright future we want for our Nation's children.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                nineteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.
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[FR Doc. 2010-29798
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