Proclamation 5546 --
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
Since
1946, the National School Lunch Program has made it possible for our Nation's
children to enjoy nutritious, well-balanced, low-cost lunches. Now in its 40th
year, this Program stands as a remarkable example of a successful partnership
between Federal and State governments and local communities to make food and
technical assistance available in an effort to provide a more nutritious diet
for students.
The
National School Lunch Program demonstrates our commitment to the promotion of
the health and well-being of our youth. Under its auspices, more than 23
million lunches are served daily in nearly 90,000 schools throughout our
country. The success of this effort is largely due to resourceful and creative
food service managers and staff working in cooperation with government
personnel, parents, teachers, and members of civic groups.
By
joint resolution approved
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do
hereby proclaim the week beginning October 12, 1986, as National School Lunch
Week, and I call upon all Americans to give special and deserved recognition to
those people at the State and local level who, through their dedicated and
innovative efforts, have made it possible to have a successful school lunch
program.
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of October, in the
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six, and of the
Ronald
Reagan
[Filed
with the Office of the Federal Register,
Note:
The proclamation was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on October
9.