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 107 STAT. 2644 PROCLAMATION 6548—APR. 23, 1993 In recognition of the importance of the prudent use of credit, the Congress, by Public Law 102-483, has designated the week beginning April 18, 1993, as "National Credit Education Week" and has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this week. NOW, THEREFORE, I. WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning April 18, 1993, as National Credit Education Week. I encourage all Americans— particularly business people, educators, public officials, consumer advocates, community organizations, and members of the media—^to observe this week with appropriate programs and activities to educate and inform consumers about their credit rights and responsibilities and about the benefits of the wise use of credit. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereimto set my hand this twenty-sec - ond day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety- three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and seventeenth. WILLIAM J. CLINTON Proclamation 6548 of April 23, 1993 Nancy Moore Thurmond National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 1993 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On April 14, 1993, the promising life of Nancy Moore Thurmond was taken in an auto accident. In the heartbreaking moments after her death, Nancy's parents. Senator Strom Thurmond and his wife Nancy, made the decision that their daughter's organs should be donated to others. Through this selfless act, the Thurmonds redeemed the promise of Nancy Moore Thurmond's youth and helped to sustain the lives of other human beings. In memory of Nancy, we commit ourselves this week to understanding what the donation of organs can mean. In the history of medicine, few advances have been more awe-inspiring than successful organ and tissue transplants. In recent years we have seen the miracle of terminally ill patients receiving a second chance at life with a new heart, liver, limg, or kidney. We have seen children with leukemia regain their health through bone marrow transplants; we have witnessed tibe restoration of sight to the blind through new corneas; and we have seen thousands of Americans resiuning normal lives after receiving a transplanted organ or tissue. But many others still wait, and many die waiting for a suitable organ to become available. Today there are more than 30,000 patients on the national transplant waiting list, and a new patient is added to the list every 20 minutes. The need for organs far surpasses the niunber donated each year. We must increase public awareness of the successes of transplantation and the urgent need for increased donation. The American public needs to know that by completing an organ donor card and carrying it, and by

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