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The Kazickas family has supported the publishing of about one hundred titles of different Lithuanian books. For the past four years, book publishing has not been on the foundation's priority list. Nevertheless, KFF answered Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid's invitation to support the publishing of Catholic Textbooks for public schools in Lithuania.

During the All Saints' Day Kazickas family and A. Kazickas Lithuanian school members paid their respect to Dr. Joseph Kazickas, his wife Alexandra and their son Alexander with a visit to East Hampton cemetery where they are laid to rest.

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If you are in Vilnius, on December 5th, please come to the International Christmas Charity Bazaar, organized by the International Women's Association of Vilnius and supported by KFF.

The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Support Foundation, supported by KFF, cordially invites you to its traditional annual Opera Ball that will take place November 28th, 6pm at "J9" "Vaidilos" Theatre.

During the November 15th meeting in Washington, DC, KFF's Peter Kazickas met with John Holm of CAF America, Tomasz Solarek and Michal Micielski of Marcin Gortat Foundation MG13 to discuss exciting new opportunity to work together.

On November 16th, KFF's Peter Kazickas met Skye Wallace Henry of American Councils in Washington, DC to discuss the latest news and updates of ExCEL Abroad Program and "the Power of Basketball." 

CAF America is highlighting the impactful work of its featured partner Kazickas Family Foundation and "the Power of Basketball" as part of the 2015 #GivingTuesday Campaign

We have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals. Now, we have #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.

Through the years the Kazickas Family Foundation supported publishing of history books, conferences for women journalists, youth missions to record stories of the deported and victims of the war, museum educational expositions on wars. Jurate Kazickas was a reporter who covered Vietnam. In remembrance of the Veterans, here are some excerpts from Jurate's piece "These Hills Called Khe Sanh" in "War Torn".

The Kazickas Family Foundation welcomed Ashley Gosnell, new ASISST's Director of Development, to discuss the cooperation, latest developments and updates. During the meeting she shared the experience from her recent trip to Lithuania to learn more about ASSIST's work there.