Education and Sharing Day

WHEREAS, as we move toward a complex and challenging era, excellence in American education is more vital to our Nation’s success that ever; and

WHEREAS, we live in an age when advances in science and technology create new questions and demand more of our citizens each day, and only a national commitment to high-quality education can prepare our young people to meet the great responsibilities and opportunities of the future; and

WHEREAS, an education that prepares a child for a lifetime is more than an accumulation of facts or single-minded preparation for a career, but it is also a set of ideals and ethics that unites all Americans and allows us to work together for a just and honorable society; and

WHEREAS, teachers, families and communities play vital roles in passing on these shared values and common hopes for a better tomorrow; and

WHEREAS, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, well understood the importance of nurturing the heart along with the mind; and

WHEREAS, throughout his long and rich life, he believed that the education of our young people would only be successful if it sought to build character as well as intellect, if it taught lessons of honestly, tolerance and good citizenship, as well as language, math and science; and

WHEREAS, this year, let us rededicate ourselves to teaching the love of learning that was championed by Rabbi Schneerson and is strengthened by caring leaders like him throughout our nation; and

WHEREAS, as we provide our students with the information and practical tools they need, let us also pass on to them the capacity for understanding that can help to give fuller meaning to their lives:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim April 15, 2011, as

Education and Sharing Day

in the State of Alabama and call upon government officials, educators, volunteers and all citizens to reach out to young people and work to create a better, brighter and more hopeful future for all.

 

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 4th day of April 2011.

 

      

Governor Robert Bentley