Save Your Vision Week, 2008

Proclamation 8222 of February 28, 2008

Save Your Vision Week, 2008

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Early diagnosis and proper treatment of eye disease can
help preserve the gift of sight. During Save Your
Vision Week, we encourage Americans to receive routine
vision screenings and to understand the importance of
keeping their eyes healthy and safe.

Today, millions of Americans live with some form of eye
disease, such as glaucoma, corneal disease, macular
degeneration, or diabetic eye disease. Individuals can
help to avoid these diseases and maintain healthy eyes
by following good eating habits, using appropriate
protective eyewear, and maintaining a healthy
lifestyle. Citizens should discuss with their physician
the dangers of eye disease and see that their children
are tested before their first year of school.

My Administration will continue to seek better ways to
prevent and treat eye diseases. The National Eye
Institute's website, www.nei.nih.gov, provides many
resources to help Americans find information on eye
disease and on where to find local eye-care
professionals. By being proactive, Americans can help
prevent vision loss and live healthier lives.

The Congress, by joint resolution approved December 30,
1963, as amended (77 Stat. 629; 36 U.S.C. 138), has
authorized and requested the President to proclaim the
first week in March of each year as ``Save Your Vision
Week.''

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim March 2
through March 8, 2008, as Save Your Vision Week. I
encourage all Americans to learn more about eye care
and eye safety and to take measures to help ensure a
lifetime of healthy vision.

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