Proclamation No. 1635




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 1635, April 6, 1977 ] DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1, 1977 TO JUNE 30, 1978 FOR THE ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND FUND CAMPAIGN OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST FOUNDATION OF METROPOLITAN MANILA AND RIZAL, INC. WHEREAS, the Community Chest of Greater Manila (CCGM) has been converted into a Community Chest Foundation for Metropolitan Manila and Rizal, Inc. (CCFMM), and as such, has the capability to undertake community welfare projects of greater magnitude; WHEREAS, the campaign objectives of the CCFMM seek to make this Foundation more relevant to the expanding social development needs of the communities within the sphere of its solicitation, introducing the “United Appeal” concept of fund raising to eliminate multiple campaigns and thus help more meaningfully in meeting the needs of the CCFMM agencies for their local welfare activities in the Metro Manila and communities; WHEREAS, the CCFMM also seeks to establish closer working rapport between the private sector and the local governments for social welfare undertakings through the strengthening of government and private sector leadership; and WHEREAS, in order that the humanitarian and community welfare objectives of the Community Chest Foundation of Metropolitan Manila and Rizal may be fully achieved, the moral and financial support of the populace is required; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby designate the period from July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978 for the annual educational, membership and fund campaign of the Community Chest Foundation of Metropolitan Manila and Rizal, Inc. In view hereof I, hereby call upon all residents of whatever race or creed, business, commercial and industrial firms, professional and civic groups, government personnel of offices and agencies within the Metropolitan Manila area and the entire province of Rizal, to fully support the campaigns of the Community Chest Foundation of Metropolitan Manila and Rizal, by giving generously of their means of this single “United Appeal” campaign, for the promotion of the economic well-being of our less fortunate country-men in the above-cited area of solicitation.1aшphi1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA Presidential Assistant The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation