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In August 2016, the 11th Mission Siberia expedition returned home from faraway lands where Lithuanians once were exiled in Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan Republics.

The Kazickas family's visit to Chornaya Padina, Saratov Region, Russia - Dr. Kazickas' birthplace (1918). The village was founded by the Lithuanian deportees, participants of the uprising of 1863 against the Russian Empire.

On June 30th in Vilnius, Euro Integration Games, an event for the youth from entire Europe with disabilities, finished with a tremendous success. Games, where everyone is a winner, started in 1991 as an initiative of Germany. For the first time seven teams from Belgium, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Poland and Czech Republic were guests of the hosting country, Lithuania, with its own team participating as well.

In June, Kazickas family members visited Kaunas Pediatric Clinic. For many years KFF has been supporting children's intensive care unit which yearly provides medical assistance to over 1,500 children with severe illnesses and traumas. In 2008, 500,000 Litas ($215,000) grant was given to acquire intensive therapy equipment that had been saving many childrens lives since. This year with KFF help, center acquired polysomnography machine which will help to diagnose causes for children's primary chronic respiratory illnesses.

In June, during Kazickas family visit in Lithuania, SolidEducation.lt founder Paulius Paskevicius invited guests to visit his office at the Kaunas Univeristy of Technology to learn about the program and meet few of its youngest members.

On June 16th Jurate Kazickas invited ASSIST alumni and following school year students to the reception at the Kazickas Family Residence in Vilnius. Honor guest President Valdas Adamkus and his wife Alma wished students the best of luck.

You are cordially invited to come and enjoy The Kazickas Family Sacred Music Hours, a series of ten concerts in St.Casimir Church Vilnius, Lithuania. This season you can hear performers from Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Israel and USA.

KFF was a proud sponsor of the XV Lithuanian National Folk Dance Festival held in Baltimore July 2-3, 2016. 1800 dancers, 46 dance groups, from 29 cities, 6 nations, ages 7 to 77!

July 9th at 5:30pm in St.Casimir Church (Didžioji g. 34, Vilnius 01128), a Holy Mass was celebrated by Father Antanas Saulaitis in memory of Dr. Joseph P. Kazickas (1918.04.16-2014.07.09).

He was a devoted family man, a statesman, a generous philanthropist, who led a wonderfully full, productive and exciting life.

In June, Presidential Valdas Adamakus Library-Museum had an honor to welcome Kazickas family members. On June 15th Jurate Kazickas, the President of Kazickas Family Foundation visited the library and on June 19th her brothers Joseph and John Kazickas and their families paid a visit.