Editing America's Promise (section)

==The Five Promises==
The Presidents' Summit for America's Future, the 1997 event that launched America's Promise Alliance, included a Summit Declaration signed by Presidents Clinton, GHW Bush, Carter, Ford, and Nancy Reagan on behalf of her husband.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/09/22/obama-americas-promise-summit-declaration/16036489/ ''USA Today'', "Obama's day: America's Promise Summit Declaration," September 22, 2014]</ref>

The Summit Declaration pledged to fulfill the "promise of America" for every child, which remains the core objective of America's Promise. Specifically, the declaration outlined five essential resources the presidents agreed all children need to develop into successful adults, referred to as the Five Promises, which form the basis of America's Promise efforts and initiatives.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/New/Summit/Opening-day2.html |title=The White House, Remarks By President Bill Clinton, President George Bush, President Jimmy Carter, April 28, 1997 |access-date=June 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030155532/http://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/New/Summit/Opening-day2.html |archive-date=October 30, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> President Gerald Ford, General Colin Powell, Mrs. Nancy Reagan, and Vice President Al Gore

The Five Promises are: caring adults to guide and encourage them; safe places, both physical and psychological, in which students can safely develop; a healthy start in the form of proper nutrition and exercise; effective education that prepares them for work and life; and opportunities to help others and foster a sense of community, self-respect and service.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/events/volunteerism/declaration.html CNN, "Text of Summit Declaration," April 28, 1997]</ref><ref>[http://www.americaspromise.org/promises ''AmericasPromise.org'', The Five Promises]</ref>

In July 2001, President George W. Bush added his signature, and President Barack Obama signed the declaration in September 2014.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/09/22/obama-americas-promise-summit-declaration/16036489/ ''USA Today'', "Obama's day: America's Promise Summit Declaration," September 22, 2014]</ref>