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In 2012 the Kazickas Family Foundation established the Joseph P. Kazickas Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Yale to support the Baltic Studies program in the MacMillan Center's Council on European Studies. 2017-2018 JPK fellowship recipient Arvydas Grisinas at the end of his stay presented photography exhibition by Juozas Kazlauskas focusing on the so called "January Events" in Lithuania.

Back in June of 2017, Beverly Kazickas, who is passionately involved with the Nature Conservancy, advocated to add regulatory requirements to modify crab traps so that New York's diamondback terrapins don't drown trapped in them.

Dvbridge Group together with the Kazickas Family Foundation's help offers free programming lessons for kids in Lithuania. "Sourcery for Kids" initiative expanded and free of charge creative technologies classes reach more than 400 children in Kaunas, Sakiai, Raseiniai, Klaipeda and Plunge.

On March 17th, 2018 over 100 students took annual Lithuanian Language Proficiency Test in six countries around the globe. It was initiated in 2014 by the Kazickas Family Foundation together with Lithuanian language specialist Gailute Urbonaite Narkeviciene (Boston Lithuanian School) and provided by the Ministry of Science and Education of Lithuania and Vilnius University. Local Lithuanian communities contribute to bringing this test to their students.

Augie Kazickas, the Basketball Power co-founder, is excited for Lithuania and it’s people and has no doubt that the future of the program is in the hands of its participants - children. More of his thoughts about Lithuania and the importance of Basketball Power:

While Lithuanians all over the world celebrate March 11 - Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania, let's go back in time with dr. Joseph Kazickas to that special day 28 years ago:

Lithuanian high school students applying for ASSIST scholarships at the private boarding schools in the US were interviewed at the Kazickas Family Residence in Vilnius on January 25-26.

Here are some latest news from our Basketball Power team!

Sourcery for Kids - Devbridge free of charge educational initiative in Lithuania - doubled in size from 216 to 416 kids! We are so happy to announce that with the help of The Kazickas Family Foundation, new groups of kids joined the academy in Kaunas, Sakiai, Klaipeda, Raseiniai and Plunge.

After reading the Margaret Talbot article "The Addicts Next Door" in the New Yorker magazine, Annalina Kazickas became inspired to support efforts to help addicts seek recovery, follow through with treatment, and transition into a healthier life.