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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 704, September 16, 1960 ]

DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 31, 1960, AS THE PERIOD FOR THE NATIONAL FUND CAMPAIGN OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES IN PLACES OUTSIDE OF GREATER MANILA

WHEREAS, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines has continually served the nation through its program of character building and citizenship training;

WHEREAS, the Girl Scouting Movement is one of the most effective deterrents to juvenile delinquency;

WHEREAS, the said organization, in successfully hostessing a Girl Scout world gathering and taking part in international events abroad, brings prestige not only to the local Girl Scout Movement but to the country as a whole;

WHEREAS, the Movement of Girl Scouting in the Philippines aims to bring within its fold all the girls of scout age in the country between the ages of 7 and 18, estimated at 2,050,000, of whom only 88,458 are at present registered members;

WHEREAS, the above expansion will necessitate extending the benefits of Girl Scouting to the out-of-school girls from the slum as well as the rural areas of the country, aside from the cities and towns where a majority of the girl scout population is at present centered;

WHEREAS, such expansion will take the form also of extending Girl Scouting to the handicapped girls in the country—the deaf and blind, the dumb, the mentally retarded, the leprous, as a means towards their rehabilitation;

WHEREAS, the organization and its local branches are therefore in need of funds to finance all the above projects; to maintain its high standard of work, and to carry on with a quality program of activities such as it has consistently done in the past; to meet its obligations locally and internationally; and to enable it as a movement to participate actively as a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, 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 November 15 to December 31, 1960, in the provinces and territories outside of Greater Manila. I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines outside of Greater Manila to assist wholeheartedly in this campaign and to give their utmost support so that the Girl Scouts of the Philippines may be assured of adequate funds with which to carry on its work. I authorize all treasurers and engineers of provincial, city, and municipal governments, as well as school officials and teachers to accept, for the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, fund-raising responsibilities, and urge them to give actual support and leadership in their respective communities.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 16th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

NATALIO P. CASTILLO
Executive Secretary

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