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Alex, Augie and Peter, three Dr. Joseph and Alexandra Kazickas' grandsons, found the way to realize their grandparents vision. “Back in 1999, when Kazickas Family Foundation was founded in order to give to Lithuania, they wanted us, their grandchildren, to get involved, but we were too young, “ says Peter. Today, three of them continue making their grandparents proud by starting the “Basketball Power.” 

"Valdas Adamkus Presidential Library - Museum was opened in Kaunas. Among those who helped to convert the idea into a reality was the foundation of the Kazickas family who builds relationships between Lithuania and its diaspora..." - says Lithuanian news portal Delfi.

Dr. Violeta Davoliūtė, the Joseph P. Kazickas Fellow 2015-2016 at Yale, presented her research "The Culture of Collaboration: Lithuanian Intellectuals under German Occupation (1941-1944)" in Luce Hall, Yale University, New Haven on 4/26/2016.

United Nations, New York, 4/7/2016, Conference “Ending Human Trafficking by 2030: The Role of Global Partnerships in Eradicating Modern Slavery” 

Today, according to the United Nations, modern slavery is an illegal global organized crime that generates $150 billion a year in illegal profits. Currently, between 21 and 36 million people are held in human slavery.

Philanthropy is nothing new to Annalina Kazickas, one of six Dr. Joseph and Alexandra Kazickas' granddaughters. Few years ago Annalina spent some time with Hoops4Hope program in Zimbabwe and even introduced her younger brother Peter to it. South Africa and its people have been a huge part of her life but Annalina's passion for nature, helping others and her creative mind lead her to the Urban Farm/Garden in Vilnius.

This is a perfect example of Global Lithuania: one of the greatest educational achievements of a collaboration between the Lithuanians in the diaspora and in Lithuania!!!

Today is a day to remember Joseph P. Kazickas (April 16, 1918 - July 9, 2014), Founder of the Kazickas Family Foundation who would have celebrated his 98th Birthday. 

On April 13th, trade school "Sodziaus Meistrai," supported by KFF, invited higher grade students to the open house where every young person got a chance to participate in a creative workshop of his/her choice. Following the workshop, students had an opportunity to visit Trakai museum, where a hall filled with dr. J. Kazickas' hunting trophies is open to the public.

Presidential Valdas Adamkus Library - Museum is opening its doors on April 29th, 2016. Library, with a help from the Kazickas Family Foundation, finished the renovation and is slowly opening its doors to various groups, student conferences, meetings with a plan to open doors wide to general public soon.

On Tuesday, Lithuanian Basketball Federation hosted nine young basketball lovers from three villages of Lithuania, participants of the Kazickas Family Foundation sponsored program “Basketball Power” and their coaches.