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During her trip to Lithuania in June Lucy Kazickas visited Antakalnis Urban Garden. It is a great example of community work. Lucy's daughter Annalina participated in urban gardening community work in South Africa and started questioning if similar projects exist in Lithuania, which led her to Antakalnis Urban Garden.

July 1, 2019 Kaunas Clinics celebrated ten Emergency Medicine graduates: Irma Kucinskiene, Audrius Pakstys, Audrys Kukulskis, Vytenis Masilionis, Marius Ellikas, Sarunas Damalakas, Martynas Gedminas, Simas Rodovicius, Elzbieta Zemaityte and Egle Ragaisyte. After eleven years of hard studies they became only the second EM class in Lithuanian medicine history joining the very first seven last year's EM graduates.

On behalf of the Kazickas Family Foundation, we thank "Youth Can" coaches for leading the program in Lithuania's regions.

Tuesday, July 2, at 7 pm everyone is invited to the Sacred Music Hours Opening Concert of the Cycle at St. Casimir’s Church (34 Didžioji St, Vilnius). For the sixteenth year in a row the Kazickas Family Foundation provides opportunity to everyone to enjoy a wonderful organ music at the St. Casimir Church in Vilnius. Concerts are free to the public. 

Alexandra Kazickas Lithuanian School graduate Justas Klimavicius is certainly soaring high and making us all proud. After graduating from Stony Brook University this spring, he jumped right into a new challenge joining a Journey of Hope 2019 team. Over the course of two months Justas together with one-hundred other students and alumni from around the country is cycling from the west coast to Washington, DC, raising awareness of disabilities while spreading the Mission, Vision, and Values of The Ability Experience.

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) students with excellent academic records who are taking part in volunteering or charity activities were awarded incentive scholarships established by the Kazickas Family Foundation.

During her visit to Lithuania in June, Lucy Kazickas visited Blessed Michael Sopocko Hospice. Sister Michaela Rak showed her around, introduced her to a wonderful team, shared hospice's work, plans and thanked the Kazickas family for its continuos care and support.

On June 13^th, 2019 Panevezys Vytautas Zemkalnis High School held an award in memory of Alexandra Kalvenaite – Kazickas  (1920-2011) ceremony and school’s summer picnic.

KFF program "Youth Can" providing life skills and healthy life style lessons through sports and educational field trips to youth in Lithuania's remote areas, ended its 2018-2019 season with an energetic event in Kedainiai.

The US-LT Alumni Association along with the Embassy is seeking applications from participants of all U.S. Embassy organized exchange programs to join a yearlong fellowship program. Application deadline - June 30, 2019.