DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 31, 1963, AS THE PERIOD FOR THE NATIONAL FUND CAMPAIGN OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES IN PLACES OUTSIDE GREATER MANILA

WHEREAS, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines is a
vital and potent force for youth development through its program of character
building and citizenship training of Filipino girls;

WHEREAS, the Girl Scout Movement has expanded its
program to provide the same opportunities and benefits of Girl Scouting to the
out-of-school, the underprivileged, and the handicapped to enable them to take
their rightful place in society;

WHEREAS, the Girl Scout Organization aims to
expand its arts and crafts training centers in all the regions for active
participation of the youth in the economic progress of the country through the
development of cottage industries;

WHEREAS, through its five-year Camping Plan, the
Girl Scouts Organization (seeks to establish camping centers for the physical,
mental, and spiritual well-being of young girls, and to develop such qualities
as resourcefulness, initiative, and self-reliance;

WHEREAS, the Girl Scouting Movement has fostered
service consciousness among the youth through its service aid programs by
giving national awards and incentives to such worthy Girl Scout community
service projects as each-one-teach-one drive against illiteracy, community
beautifications, health and safety campaigns, etc; and

WHEREAS, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines as a
member of a world organization has brought prestige and honor to the country
through its participation in world conferences and international youth events,
thereby contributing effectively to international understanding and friendship,
and consequently, world peace;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President
of the Philippines, by authority 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, 1963, 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.

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 2nd day of
October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

RUFINO G. HECHANOVA
Executive Secretary

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