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While growing Basketball Power and Girl Power programs are transitioning into new bigger, more diverse and inclusive program Youth Can, boys and girls are not sitting still. Yesterday 25 programs' students participated in Danske Bank Vilnius Marathon 2018 organized by our friends Vilnius Marathon!

Kazickas Family Foundation Sacred Music Hours closing concert of the cycle, dedicated to mark the 20th anniversary of the Foundation. Free Admission - everyone is invited!

Tuesday, September 11, 7 pm
St Casimir’s Church (34 Didžioji St, Vilnius)

The Kazickas Family Foundation and V. K. Jonynas gallery in Druskininkai invite everyone Friday, September 7th at 5pm to the event introducing Dr. Joseph P. Kazickas' life and Tuesday, September 11th at 3-6 pm to the educational picnic of free stained glass, mosaic, sculpture and graphic workshops for youth.

Six students from Lithuania together with 169 high schoolers from 21 different countries gathered in Pomfret, CT not just to meet each other, but also to learn all they will need for a successful school year at the American boarding schools. KFF representatives N. Baumiliene and G. Genender visited them at the orientation to wish them the most incredible school year. 

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. Yale introduces 2018-2019 JPK visiting fellows Mindaugas Sapoka and Monika Kareniauskaite:

News portal "Lietuvos žinios" (Lithuanian News) shares Marius Mereckis story about his summer internship in Lithuania with the We Connect Lithuania program.

The Kazickas family and the Foundation thank Sacred Music Hours Concerts organizers and performers for the wonderful summer concerts. Even thought Tuesday evenings' concerts at the st. Casimir church in Vilnius, where everyone is invited to attend without charge, continue till September 11th, we'd like to share some amazing moments from the concert dedicated to Dr. Joseph and Alexandra Kazickas wedding anniversary.

Dr. Joseph P. Kazickas (1918-2014) 100th anniversary exhibition continues its travel through Lithuania. This time it is coming to Palanga where town's residents and guests will have an opportunity to visit it between August 23rd and October 5th. Everyone is cordially invited to exhibition's opening Thursday, August 23rd, 5pm at the Palanga Resort Museum (Birutės al. 34A).

In the beginning of August in Barcelona Lithuanian athlete Andrejus Novikovas took 6th place at the International CPISRA (Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association) Summer Games Race Running 100 m run. The Kazickas Family Foundation sponsored Andrejus' trip to the Games giving him opportunity to represent Lithuania. Thank you, Andrejus, for making us so proud!

Today, August 15th, marks 77th wedding anniversary of Dr. Joseph and Alexandra Kazickas. Last night people gathered at the St. Casimir church in Vilnius to remember this beloved couple, to say a prayer while listening to a beautiful organ music. During the evening guests could also hear dr. Joseph Kazickas's letters to his dear wife Alexandra.