# 82 FR 47945: National School Lunch Week, 2017 > Federal · Proclamations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2017-22419 ## Section - **Citation:** 82 FR 47945 - **Heading:** National School Lunch Week, 2017 - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Proclamations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Presidential Documents / Proclamation / 2017-22419 ## Text [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] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 197 / Friday, October 13, 2017 / Presidential Documents [[Page 47945]] 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. [[Page 47946]] 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. (Presidential Sig.) [FR Doc. 2017-22419 Filed 10-12-17; 11:15 am] Billing code 3295-F8-P ## Nearby sections - [81 FR 40471 National Week of Making, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-14844.md) - [81 FR 47685 Captive Nations Week, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-17438.md) - [81 FR 57743 National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-20394.md) - [81 FR 59121 Establishment of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-20786.md) - [81 FR 59421 Women's Equality Day, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-20949.md) - [81 FR 63355 World Suicide Prevention Day, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-22291.md) - [81 FR 63357 National Grandparents Day, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-22293.md) - [81 FR 63359 Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-22294.md) - [81 FR 65169 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-22951.md) - [81 FR 65171 National Farm Safety and Health Week, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-22959.md) - [81 FR 69991 National Youth Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder Prevention Month, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-24581.md) - [81 FR 70317 German-American Day, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-24744.md) - [81 FR 70915 Columbus Day, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-24996.md) - [81 FR 72475 National Character Counts Week, 2016](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2016-25480.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2017-22419. 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