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Here are some latest news from our Basketball Power team!

Sourcery for Kids - Devbridge free of charge educational initiative in Lithuania - doubled in size from 216 to 416 kids! We are so happy to announce that with the help of The Kazickas Family Foundation, new groups of kids joined the academy in Kaunas, Sakiai, Klaipeda, Raseiniai and Plunge.

After reading the Margaret Talbot article "The Addicts Next Door" in the New Yorker magazine, Annalina Kazickas became inspired to support efforts to help addicts seek recovery, follow through with treatment, and transition into a healthier life.

Last school year Senamiestis children with the Kazickas Family Foundation's help participated in the Lego Robotics tournament First Lego Leaque. Inspired by the accomplishments last year, children didn't miss a chance to test their skills this year.

Mallory Milestone is a current ExCEL Abroad 2017-18 participant who is spending her exchange year in Lithuania thanks to the support from the Kazickas Family Foundation. Over the course of this year she has been actively involved in volunteering with another great program sponsored by the KFF, Basketball Power. 

Peter Kazickas - Basketball Power founder shares some thoughts about Lithuania, the program, and his future plans.

Lithuanian school in Boyton Beach, FL invited everyone to Mardi Gras picnic On February 11th. School's children, teachers and parents thank the Kazickas Family Foundation for an opportunity to raise more money for school.

Jurate Kazickas shares few delightful moments from the meeting with Jonas Mekas:

"The celebrated filmmaker, artist, and self-described bon vivant, often called “the godfather of American avant-garde cinema,” spoke on Feb. 15 at the 92nd Street Y to promote his delightful new book, "A Dance with Fred Astaire."

Lithuanian Language Proficiency/Level Test for Juniors (born in 2004 and older) will be held in NYC on Saturday, March 17th, 2018. This is the third such test in Lithuania's history. Test will be held at various testing centers across the USA as well as Europe.

Alumni of a well know Lithuanian choir of boys and young men “Ąžuoliukas”/Little Oak (est, 1959) in 1994, became a men’s choir “Ažuolų klubas”/Oaks Club. It was well appreciated and loved by Dr. J. P. Kazickas.