[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 212 (Friday, November 2, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 62395-62396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5508]



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Part V





The President





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Proclamation 8195--National Adoption Month, 2007



Proclamation 8196--National American Indian Heritage Month, 2007



Proclamation 8197--National Family Caregivers Month, 2007



Proclamation 8198--National Hospice Month, 2007



Proclamation 8199--Veterans Day, 2007


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 212 / Friday, November 2, 2007 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8195 of October 31, 2007

                
National Adoption Month, 2007

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Adoption Month, we recognize the 
                adoptive and foster families who have shared their 
                homes and hearts with children in need, and we 
                encourage more Americans to consider adopting young 
                people of all ages.

                Families who adopt show the generous spirit of our 
                Nation. Every child desires a permanent home, and when 
                parents adopt a child to love as their own, lives are 
                forever changed. For parents, the decision to adopt a 
                child is among life's greatest and happiest turning 
                points. On November 17, families across the country 
                will celebrate National Adoption Day by finalizing 
                their adoptions, and each one of these homes will be 
                richer for the addition of new family members.

                My Administration is committed to promoting adoption of 
                children of all ages. We are working to bring together 
                more children with loving, adoptive parents through the 
                Collaboration to AdoptUsKids at adoptuskids.org and by 
                providing States with financial assistance through the 
                Adoption Incentives Program. The Promoting Safe and 
                Stable Families Program helps improve care and services 
                to children and families and ensure more young people 
                in America have a caring, secure, and permanent home. 
                Together, these efforts are building a brighter future 
                for our youth.

                During National Adoption Month, we honor adoptive and 
                foster parents as they raise children of conviction and 
                character. By accepting the gift of these children, 
                parents are helping shape lives and contributing to the 
                strength of our great Nation.

                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 November 2007 as National 
                Adoption Month. I call upon all Americans to observe 
                this month with appropriate programs and activities to 
                honor adoptive families and to participate in efforts 
                to find permanent homes for waiting children.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                second.
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