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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. 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.

During their latest visit to Lithuania, Jurate, Lucy and Augie Kazickas visited Alytus region Miroslavas high school and participated at the foundation's "Youth Can" program's practice. School's student and program's participant Egle Zilinskaite shares gratitude and few thoughts from that day.

Lithuanian school in Florida "Sauletas krantas" thanks the Kazickas Family Foundation for the support covering 2 day camp for school's children together with the Lithuanian youth baseball team and its coach Virmidas Neverauskas.

The Kazickas Family Foundation congratulates Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Congregation that is turning 100 this year and is excited to contribute to Sisters' work. Special friendship between Jurate Kazickas and Sister Igne Marijosiute started years ago at the camp in Putnam and continues even today.

During their trip to Lithuania, Jurate, Lucy and Augustine Kazickas visited Pumpenai school. KFF program's "Youth Can" director Arminas Vareika is a former school's student and today he brings not just the Kazickas family and programs to keep Pumpenai children active and involved, but his heart and soul to his community that raised and nurtured him.

Marking the Kazickas Family Foundation's 20th anniversary this year, last Tuesday, November 6th, Jurate Kazickas invited representatives from various Lithuanian NGOs to the conference "Philanthropy in Lithuania: Practice and Advise to the NGOs" at the M. Mazvydas National Library.

Everyone is cordially invited to the opening of a special exhibit "The Life of Joseph Peter Kazickas" in Pasvalys. Exhibit about Petras Vileisis gymnasium graduate, philanthropist, patriot and businessmen will be introduced on November 7th at 3pm by dr. J. P. Kazickas' daughter Jurate Kazickas.