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Happy Holidays and all the best in 2022!

The Associated Press shares the stories of the holiday, with one from colleague Adolphe Bernotas on Kucios, the ancient Lithuanian celebration of the winter solstice.

We are thrilled that our sponsored EdTech Uncommon.lt - aimed to empower marginalized young adults with technology education & employment opportunities - is successfully preparing for the pilot program in spring of 2022.

The Yale Baltic Studies Program is holding a virtual event on Tuesday, November 30 at 12:30 pm EST on the Migration Crisis in the Belarusian Borderland.

For 5th year in a row, "Bring Together Lithuania" 2022 program invites students and recent graduates (aged 18-26) of Lithuanian descent to gain professional experience and rediscover modern Lithuania.

Rokiskis Regional Museum shares that All Souls Day which we commemorate on November 2nd today, years ago lasted from the end of October when all the crops were done all the way till Christmas Eve. This time was not just for remembering the loved ones who passed away, but for spending quality time with the ones who are still with us. During the long evenings many stories, riddles had been told and traditions shared.

ASSIST (American Secondary Schools for International Students and Teachers) and the Kazickas Family Foundation announce application process for ASSIST 2022-2023 Scholarship candidates.

The Order of Malta Relief Organization in Lithuania Vidukle chapter volunteers are grateful to Sandy Baksys, an American Lithuanian who constantly searches for ways to help the residents of small remote towns of Lithuania, to the Kazickas Family Foundation and to the Maltos Ordino Pagalbos Tarnyba - Maltiečiai for their help to purchase an electric scooter. It will help deliver the groceries to the elderly in remote areas much faster and easier.

During the Kazickas Family Foundation September 28th meeting it was decided to continue the Alexandra Kazickas Grant Program for the tenth year already. Alexandra Kazickas was deeply committed to the preservation of a Lithuanian identity for young people growing up in the US.