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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 highquality 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 preexisting 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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71522 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 226 / Wednesday, November 24, 2010 / Presidential Documents 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29798 

Filed 11–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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