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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 583, July 22, 1969 ]

DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1969, AS THE PERIOD FOR THE NATIONAL FUND CAMPAIGN OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

WHEREAS, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines has for more than 29 years instilled in the minds of the youth, the ideals of service to God, country and humanity through its program of character-building and citizenship training for Filipino girls;

WHEREAS, the Girl Scout movement continues to be the best training ground for girls for active participation in home, community and world affairs and a deterrent to juvenile delinquency; and

WHEREAS, the national organization, in order to continue and expand its projects and activities and to maintain its high standards of work, needs funds to implement its policies and programs;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Girl Scouts of the Philippines to conduct a national fund drive during the period from August 1 to December 31, 1969. I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines to assist wholeheartedly in this campaign and to give generously of their means so that the Girl Scouts of the Philippines may be assured of adequate funds with which to carry on its work.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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