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Cincinnati Emergency medicine doctor Herb Loyd and head of Emergency medicine at Cincinnati hospital Kurt Knochel can proudly announce that the first year of three year plan to expose 24 Lithuanian Physicians training in the specialty of Emergency Medicine about how to manage and direct Emergency Medicine Departments in community hospitals is done with tremendous success.

Veterans Day is a U.S. legal holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars. Great Britain, France, Australia and Canada also commemorate the veterans of World War I and II on or near November 11th: Canada has Remembrance Day, while Britain has Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday of November). In Europe, Great Britain and many other countries it is common to observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. every November 11.

The Ministry of Education and Science of Lithuania together with The Education Exchanges Support Foundation announces application process for Lithuanian student internships with Lithuanian schools, communities and Baltic studies centers in diaspora for 2018-2019 school year. Schools interested in hosting a student for internship, please submit application before November 30, 2017.

On October 14th Lithuanian School of Washington held school's and KFF Matching Grant event at Lithuanian Embassy in Washington D.C. Over $10,000 were collected during the evening! The Kazickas Family Foundation is excited by such a successful event and will add $1,000 to the funds. Additionally, an anynymous donor will add $2,000 more. All collected funds will be used to create a productive educational environment for school's students.

On Sunday before the All Souls Day, the Kazickas family members with a small group of Alexandra Kazickas Lithuanian school children and parents visited the final resting place of dr. Joseph Kazickas, his wife Alexandra and their son Alexander at the East Hampton cemetery.

The Kazickas Family Foundation organized and sponsored four Lithuanian pediatric oncologists' visit to SIOP (Societe Internationale D'Oncologie Pediatrique) Congress in Washington, DC.

The Kazickas Family foundation congratulates Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis (b.10/18/1932) on his 85th Birthday.

On October 14th National Lithuanian American Hall of Fame inducted four notable Lithuanian Americans into its ranks. This year's honorees were President Valdas Adamkus, philanthropist Joseph P. Kazickas, Senator Dick Durbin and Museum founder and director Stanley Balzekas, Jr.

The Kazickas Family Foundation and ASSIST (American Secondary Schools for International Students and Teachers) announce application process for ASSIST 2018-2019 Scholarship candidates.

ASSIST is inviting all ASSIST Alumni to join President of the Kazickas Family Foundation Jurate Kazickas and Director of the ASSIST Board Woody Rutter for a discussion that will take place November 5, 2017 3-5pm at the Kazickas Family Residence in Vilnius.