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During the days when everyone around the globe is facing the challenge to find a new „normal“ in their daily lives, doctors and nurses have emerged as the new soldiers, amid growing cases of coronavirus across the world. They put their lives at risk, work non-stop around the clock and ask us just a few simple things to help overcome this challenge together. 

Last week the Kazickas Family Foundation brought self-presentation training to Panevezys Vytautas Zemkalnis High School students and teachers. Such skill is necessary when reaching for academic and career success.

Last Tuesday, the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Restoration of the Independence of Lithuania was marked with a concert “The Children of Freedom Celebrate”, joined by President Gitanas Nauseda and First Lady Diana Nausediene. "Youth Can" students from Kamajai and Pandelys together with their coaches, 'Youth Can" and KFF teams had a rare opportunity to participate in a special event.

While Lithuania and its people celebrate the 30^th anniversary of its Restoration of Independence today, Jurate Kazickas shares her and her father’s recollections of that special day.

"Youth Can" manager Arminas Vareika has been leading 300 program's children and coaches by example: doing it, coaching it and living it. Lithuanian Pasvalys region paper "Darbas" shares Arminas' story, his motivation, his role models and what gets him going and going.

Big Thank You goes out to Oleg Strelnikoff, a journalist from Saratov and a good Kazickas family friend, for his initiative to make sure that the Russian edition of dr. Joseph P. Kazickas (1918 - 2014) and Alexandra Kazickas' (1920 - 2011) biography "Odyssey of Hope" reaches as many readers as possible.

On March 14, 2020 Kaunas University of Technology Faculty of Informatics will host Dr. J. P. Kazickas Computer Science Forum for school students where the most talented boys and girls will compete in programming, IT applications, multi media and program development.

The Kazickas Family Foundation and its program “Youth Can” are glad to have been able to use its network of friends and partners to help one special young man in need.

According to the Ministry of Health of Lithuania, starting on March 1, 2020, syringe infusion pumps will be available free of charge for the palliative care cancer patients. They will be compensated by the National Health Insurance Fund. It is wonderful news for the patients and their families going through hard times.

Teachers and coaches are role models that lead students through many challenges of life. No question it's one of the most important jobs that has a power to make or break young person's future and affect the path he or she will take. Investment in Youth Can coaches is one of the main priorities the program focuses on. Every few months they are invited to a continuous education seminar where they can learn from the experts and each other new effective ways to teach, to lead and to build successful teams.