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Suzanna Larkin, an ExCEL Abroad (Exchanges for Culture, Education, and Leadership) program's 2016-2017 student, just returned home after spending a school year in Lithuania. Before the departure, Suzanna shared her gratitude and experience gained in Lithuania in her letter to the Kazickas Family Foundation which sponsors the program:

The Kazickas Family Foundation's Matching Grant (up to $1,000) program was introduced in 2015 with a goal to motivate Lithuanian heritage schools in the US to organize fund-raising events in order to support their school work. It as a part of the Alexandra Kazickas Grant Program through which KFF has been supporting Lithuanian Heritage Schools in the US since 2012.

On May 20th thirty six Alexandra Kazickas Lithuanian School students ended their school year. This year school had three graduates, Vesta Visockas, Lukas Baumilas and Greta Dirzyte. During the end of year ceremony students, teachers, parents and friends celebrated school's accomplishments. 

In 2015-2017 CARITAS LITHUANIA program "Aid to the Victims of Human Trafficking and Prostitution" with the Kazickas Family Foundation's support helped 24 victims of human trafficking, 12 of them were minors. Victims were exploited in Lithuania, Great Britain, Latvia, Switzerland.

The Kazickas Family Foundation is inviting to the "Basketball Power" End of Season Event.  Saturday, June 10th, 2017, 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
at the White Bridge (Upes g. 6, Vilnius 09308) in Vilnius, Lithuania. In case of bad weather, event will be moved to the VGTU Sports Center (Saulėtekio al. 28, Vilnius 10225)

ASSIST team, providing scholarships for Lithuania's secondary school students for their 11th grade studies in the United States since the 1992, selected students for 2017-2018 school year. The Kazickas Family Foundation supports three students.

ExCEL Abroad (Exchanges for Culture, Education, and Leadership) is one of the American Councils for International Education programs that provides scholarships for high school students from the United States to live and study in Lithuania for an academic year. It is made possible by a three-year grant from the Kazickas Family Foundation.

Two emergency medicine experts, doctors from Cincinnati Hospital, who initiated Lithuanian emergency medicine doctors’ international residency cycle in the US (supported by the KFF), dr. Herbert Loyd and dr. Kurt Knochel, visited hospitals in Lithuania.

Jurate Kazickas came upon the article in the New York Times "Giving Like a Rockefeller, Even if You’re Not Super-Rich" and was fascinated how much Tevelis' philosophy on giving had in common with David Rockefeller's - especially about gratitude. Thank you, Jurate, for sharing your thoughts and inspiring article.

Audrone V. Skiudaite, a writer for the oldest Lithuanian newspaper published outside of Lithuania "Draugas", talked to Jurate Kazickas about philanthropy, foundations history, its work and future plans.