National School Lunch Week, 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 197 (Friday, October 13, 2017)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 47945-47946]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2017-22419]

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Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 197 / Friday, October 13, 2017 /

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Proclamation 9654 of October 6, 2017

National School Lunch Week, 2017

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

The health and well-being of our children is vital to

the success of our Nation. When our Nation's youth have

their basic needs fulfilled, they can better focus on

succeeding in school and in life. During National

School Lunch Week, we recognize the benefits that

school lunch programs offer to our communities and to

our Nation's future.

The National School Lunch Program is a partnership

between Federal, State, and local governments working

together to facilitate the health and development of

our Nation's children. Since its inception more than 70

years ago, millions of students have received low-cost

or free meals and learned life-long healthy eating

habits. Today, the National School Lunch Program serves

more than 31 million students every school day, at

nearly 100,000 schools and residential child-care

institutions across our Nation.

70

years ago, millions of students have received low-cost

or free meals and learned life-long healthy eating

habits. Today, the National School Lunch Program serves

more than 31 million students every school day, at

nearly 100,000 schools and residential child-care

institutions across our Nation.

For many children, school lunch may be their most

substantial meal of the day. Adequate nutrition is

essential to a child's mental, physical, and emotional

well-being, and students who lack sufficient vitamins

and minerals, such as iron, vitamin E, vitamin B,

thiamine, iodine, and zinc, may suffer from inhibited

cognitive functioning and a diminished ability to

concentrate. Poor nutrition, especially from excess

sugar consumption, may also lead to behavioral

problems. School lunches, in addition to providing

balanced nutrition, can teach students the relationship

between nutrition and classroom performance.

The Congress created the National School Lunch Act to,

``safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation's

children.'' More than seven decades later, dedicated

Americans continue to work to ensure the nutritional

health of our greatest treasure--our young people.

During National School Lunch Week, we recognize the

food service professionals, school administrators,

community members, parents, and all those who dedicate

themselves to the health of our schoolchildren

Americans continue to work to ensure the nutritional

health of our greatest treasure--our young people.

During National School Lunch Week, we recognize the

food service professionals, school administrators,

community members, parents, and all those who dedicate

themselves to the health of our schoolchildren. To

emphasize the importance of the National School Lunch

Program to our youth's nutrition, the Congress, by

joint resolution of October 9, 1962 (Public Law 87-

780), as amended, has designated the week beginning on

the second Sunday in October each year as ``National

School Lunch Week'' and has requested the President to

issue a proclamation in observance of this week.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the

United States of America, by virtue of the authority

vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the

United States, do hereby proclaim October 8 through

October 14, 2017, as National School Lunch Week. I call

upon all Americans to join the countless individuals

who administer the National School Lunch Program in

activities that support and promote awareness of the

health and well-being of our Nation's children.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord two

thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the

United States of America the two hundred and forty-

second.

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[FR Doc. 2017-22419

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