National D.A.R.E. Day, 1995

Proclamation 6787 of April 20, 1995

National D.A.R.E. Day, 1995

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is
America's largest and most effective drug-use
prevention program. Reaching 25.5 million young people,
from kindergarten through 12th grade, its precepts are
taught in more than 250,000 classrooms in all 50 States
and many other lands worldwide.

D.A.R.E. was designed to help prevent the substance
abuse and violence that plague too many of our Nation's
children. Teaching conflict resolution and anger
management skills, providing accurate information about
alcohol, drugs, and tobacco, and educating students
about the consequences of their behavior, D.A.R.E. has
served to increase self-esteem among our youth and give
them the tools they need to resist destructive peer
pressure.

Today, people everywhere recognize that empowering kids
and teens with sound advice is important, but it is not
enough. Parents and teachers, counselors and concerned
citizens all must play a role in encouraging our young
people to lead safe, productive, drug-free lives. That
is why D.A.R.E. is taught by veteran police officers,
whose knowledge and skills have prepared them to
understand the reality of the streets and the lives of
children in need. D.A.R.E. demonstrates that, working
together, communities have the power within themselves
to keep the American Dream alive for all of us.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 April 20, 1995, as
``National D.A.R.E. Day.'' I encourage parents,
teachers, and children across the country to join in
observing this day with appropriate programs and
activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and nineteenth.

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