Extension of Fund Campaign Period of the Foundation for the Rehabilitation and Prevention of Blindness

Proclamation No. 2260Presidential Issuances

Proclamation No. 2260, issued on January 28, 1983, extends the fundraising campaign of the Foundation for the Rehabilitation and Prevention of Blindness in the Philippines, Inc. until December 31, 1983. This non-profit organization was established to coordinate efforts in preventing blindness and rehabilitating those affected. Originally authorized under Proclamation No. 2117 for a campaign from July 15, 1981 to December 31, 1982, the extension was granted to allow more time for fundraising. The proclamation was signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos.

January 28, 1983

PROCLAMATION NO. 2260

EXTENDING THE FUND CAMPAIGN OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE REHABILITATION AND PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS IN THE PHILIPPINES, INC., UP TO DECEMBER 31, 1983

WHEREAS, the Foundation for the Rehabilitation and Prevention of Blindness in the Philippines, Inc., is a non-profit organization established to serve as a national organization to provide a central system of management responsible for giving direction, forging unity and effective coordination of present efforts aimed at preventing the incidence of blindness and rehabilitation of the blind;

WHEREAS, the Foundation for the Rehabilitation and prevention of Blindness in the Philippines, Inc. was authorized under Proclamation No. 2117 to conduct a fund campaign during the period from July 15, 1981 to December 31, 1982.

WHEREAS, the Foundation for the Rehabilitation and Prevention of Blindness in the Philippines, Inc., needs more time to raise more funds to achieve its goal;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby extend the fund campaign of the Foundation for the Rehabilitation and Prevention of Blindness in the Philippines, Inc., up to December 31, 1983. cd i

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 28th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Three.