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Renkuosi mokyti! (Teach For Lithuania) program is working towards the success and joy for every child in Lithuania since 2008. Driven by the belief that the future of the country starts in the classroom, talented motivated people choose to teach for at least two years of their careers.

Kazickas Family Foundation presents Jurbarkas library and its readers with Joseph Kazickas 100th jubilee exhibition and the latest edition of his autobiography "Odyssey of Hope - Journey Never Ends."

Happy Holidays and all the best in 2019 from the Kazickas Family Foundation!

Hoops 4 Hope (H4H) is an international non-profit that has been operating for the last 23 years in underserved communities throughout Zimbabwe and South Africa. Using sport as our platform, Hoops 4 Hope is dedicated to giving children and young adults the tools needed to face the many challenges of growing up in disadvantaged communities.

Petras Butenas (1898-1980) was a linguist, an anthropologist, an interpretor and a teacher. He researched Lithuanian language dialects, prepositions, place names, contributed preparing Lithuanian dictionary, wrote the accentuation text book. He was also Alexandra Kazickas' Lithuanian language and literature teacher at the Panevezys High School for Girls. In 2002 Alexandra Kazickas established the award in the honor of her dear teacher Petras Butenas.

Looking back with gratitude. Back in October a group of youth of Lithuanian descent living in Russia and Belarus, visited the Kazickas family residence in Vilnius to learn about Joseph P. Kazickas and his incredible life.

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. The Fellowship provides resources for visiting scholars and researchers from Lithuania to study at Yale and organize workshops and seminars on campus about issues relevant to the Baltic Sea region.

In the beginning of November Jurate Kazickas together with her sister-in-law Lucy and nephew Augustine spent a very busy but exciting week in Lithuania. Here Jurate shares few highlights from their trip:

If you are lucky to be in Vilnius, on December 1st please come visit the 16th International Christmas Charity Bazaar, organized by the International Women's Association of Vilnius and supported by many generous donors, including the Kazickas Family Foundation. As every year, all collected funds will be distributed among eight carefully selected recipients.

Last week director of Yale University MacMilllan Center Baltic Studies program dr. Bradley Woodworth came to Lithuania to meet with the representatives of Lithuanian educational institutions in order to discuss dr. Joseph P. Kazickas post-doctoral fellowship at Yale offered to the citizens of Lithuania.