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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1291, July 22, 1974 ]

DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1974, FOR THE NATIONAL FUND CAMPAIGN OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, youth development and training is a primary concern of the New Society in its efforts to build a strong, healthy and responsible citizenry in accordance with the mandate of the new Constitution;

WHEREAS, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines has consistently served the nation for the last 34 years through its program character-building and citizenship training for Filipino girls;

WHEREAS, The Government in recognition of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines valuable contribution to nation-building, has decreed the inclusion of Girl Scouting in the high school curriculum; and

WHEREAS, the GSP Organization needs funds to sustain its existing community service projects and support the program which such inclusion of Scouting in the curriculum would necessarily require;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby authorize the Girl Scouts of the Philippines to conduct a national fund drive during the period from August 1 to December 31, 1974. 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 seventy-four.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Assistant Executive Secretary

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