112 STAT. 3724
PROCLAMATION 7069—FEB. 27, 1998
Good eye care is not solely for those who know they are at high risk
for eye disease—it is for everyone. Certain types of eye disease tend
to develop primarily in children, while others manifest themselves
most often in working-age adults or older men and women. By taking
good care of our eyes, we can take the important steps to maintain our
quality of life and ensure the full enjoyment of all that our world has
to offer.
To remind Americans of the importance of protecting their eyesight,
the Congress, by joint resolution approved December 30, 1963 [77 Stat.
629; 36 U.S.C. 169a), has authorized and requested the President to
proclaim the first week in March of each year as "Save Your Vision
Week."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim March 1 through March 7, 1998,
as Save Yoiu" Vision Week, I urge all Americans to participate by making eye care and eye safety an important part of their lives and to ensure that dilated eye examinations are included in their regular health
maintenance programs. I invite eye care professionals, the media, and
all public and private organizations dedicated to preserving eyesight to
join in activities that will raise awareness of the measures we can take
to protect and sustain our vision.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-
sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and
ninety-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America
the two hundred and twenty-second.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
Proclamation 7069 of February 27, 1998
American Red Cross Month, 1998
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Americans share a long tradition of compassion for others and lending
aid to those in need. Since our earliest days as a Nation, we have been
able to bear the heartbreak of family tragedy, personal hardship, or natural disaster because of the help of caring friends and neighbors. For
117 years, the American Red Cross has been the staimchest of friends
and neighbors to millions of people both here at home and around the
world, adding its own vital contributions to our history of service.
The American Red Cross brings both comfort and practical assistance
to the victims of more than 65,000 disasters each year, from hurricanes
and tornadoes affecting thousands of people to a house fire involving
a single family. Members of the Red Cross also work on the front lines
of armed conflicts and disasters across the globe to relieve suffering
and restore human dignity and self-sufficiency. At the same time, they
serve alongside our men and women in uniform wherever they are deployed, relaying urgent family messages and providing a precious link
with home. And through its Holocaust and War Victims Tracing and
Information Center, the Red Cross has helped thousands of families in
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