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KFF thanks Devbridge Group (Chicago, IL) for hosting a meeting in which a possible Devbridge Group's partnership with The Kazickas Family Foundation, Solid Education and Rotary of Lithuanians of Chicagoland was discussed on January 15th. 

Lithuanian American Educational Council, supported by Kazickas Family Foundation, publishes electronic monthly newsletter that reaches over 400 teachers from 41 Lithuanian Heritage Schools in the US.

On January 21st, Neila Baumilienė, Gintė Genender and Aistė Furajevaitė of KFF met with Chief Philanthropy Officer of SharedImpact, Julian Eagles. During the meeting, KFF represenatatives introduced foundation's sponsored program in Lithuania "The Power of Basketball" and possible future educational partnership with Solid Education to Mr. Eagles.

On January 21st, Neila Baumilienė, Gintė Genender and Aistė Furajevaitė from KFF visited Mercy Center in the South Bronx where they've met with Stephen Stritch (Executive Director), Paula Sarro (Associate Executive Director), Mary Quinlan (Director of Development) and Cheryl Slavin (Development Manager/Grant Writer). Kazickas Family Foundation has partnered up with Mercy Center to help fund center's programs.

During the second week of January in Vilnius, Lithuania, the second stage of selection process for 2016-2017 ASSIST scholars has been concluded with great excitement. Zenonas Bedalis from Kazickas Family Foundation organized the interview process that took place over two days.

Wear Forget Me Not bloom close to your heart. It is a sign of rememberance and respect.

Aleksandra Kazickas Lithuanian school's students, teachers and parents remembered Lithuanian freedom fighters day - January 13th.

KFF A. Kazickas Grant Program supports Lithuanian Heritage Schools in the US. Encouraged by additional matching grant up to 1,000 USD that motivates schools to organize fund-raising events in order to support their school work, Vincas Krėvė Lithuanian School in Philadelphia for the first time held Christmas Fair.

All of us at The Kazickas Family Foundation offer our best wishes for the New Year to everyone!

Let's join President D. Grybauskaite and support one another building the future of Lithuania together!

Prof. Guntis Smidchens, a holder of the Kazickas Family Endowed Professorship in Baltic Studies at the University of Washington since 2013, discusses his new book on the centrality of song in the emergence of independent, Post-Soviet Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

Last week, the Kazickas Family Foundation grantee Teach for Lithuania/Renkuosi mokyti held a Christmas Event: awards and a fair in support of the upcoming program's cohort.