American Red Cross Month, 2024

Vol. 89

Tuesday,

No. 44

March 5, 2024

Part II

The President

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Proclamation 10703--American Red Cross Month, 2024

Proclamation 10704--Irish-American Heritage Month, 2024

Proclamation 10705--National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, 2024

Proclamation 10706--Women's History Month, 2024

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 10703 of February 29, 2024

American Red Cross Month, 2024

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

This month, we honor the American Red Cross for its
humanitarian commitment to serve communities across the
United States and around the world. We celebrate each
and every selfless employee and volunteer as an
ambassador of American generosity, who upholds a sacred
mandate to leave no person behind.

Founded more than 140 years ago by Clara Barton, the
American Red Cross has led with compassion and care,
assisting neighbors and fellow Americans when they find
themselves in some of the most agonizing circumstances
they have ever faced. Throughout the biggest cities and
the smallest towns, American Red Cross workers perform
heroic acts of service across the United States and
abroad. When wildfires devour neighborhoods, tornadoes
uproot towns, earthquakes devastate homes and
businesses, hurricanes whip beachfronts, and rivers
rise and ruin neighborhoods and city streets, Red Cross
volunteers are there to provide food, create temporary
shelters, and help people recover and rebuild. While
climate change has led to the increasing intensity and
frequency of the world's natural disasters, Red Cross
volunteers continue to serve as beacons of light,
bringing hope to those facing some of the darkest hours
and offering life-saving support at home and overseas.

During American Red Cross Month, I encourage everyone
who is able to give blood and volunteer to help local
communities in need. You can learn more about the
process of donating blood online at redcross.org. Let
us all use the dedication of the American Red Cross as
an example this month and recommit in our own lives to
lead with compassion and care. When we see others who
are struggling, let us embody the generosity of the
American spirit and resolve to lend them a helping
hand.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America and Honorary Chair of the
American Red Cross, by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim March 2024 as American Red
Cross Month. I encourage all Americans to observe this
month with relevant programs, ceremonies, and
activities and to support the work of service and
relief organizations.

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