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The President of the US Lithuanian Community Mrs.Sigita Simkuviene-Rosen presented Dr.J.P.Kazickas with the Grunwald Battle Medal for Dr.Kazickas's support for Lithuanian Heritage schools and his work for Lithuania. The Medal was created by US Lithuanian Community initiative and is being given to the prominent people living in the US who work for Lithuania. 

KFF NY Director Neila Baumiliene spent a week in the Lithuanian Heritage schools of North America teachers education course in camp Dainava, Michigan. The Director participated in lectures, and training classes, spoke to teachers and administrators from 19 American and 2 Canadian Lithuanian Heritage schools, presented the AKGP program initiatives to the schools and the Lithuanian Educational Council of the Lithuanian American and Lithuanian Canadian Community members. Camp was attended by 50 teachers among 170 participants. 

Lithuanian Religious Aid (Milda Palubinskas, Board of Directors member, NY, USA), Lithuanian Foundation (Marius Kasniunas, Chairman of the Board, IL, USA), the Kazickas Family Foundation (Zenonas Bedalis (Executive Director Vilnius office, LT), Neila Baumiliene (Executive Director New York office, USA)) met with Ambassador for Relations with the World Lithuanian Community Ginte Damusis in the Kazickas Family Foundation office in Vilnius. Ambassador Damusis presented initiative by the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs "Global Lithuania", and the three foundations spoke about possibilities of cooperation when supporting big Lithuanian projects. Lithuanian Religious Aid issued a press release on the meeting. 

The KFF organized US Lithuanian Heritage School Conference in the Kazickas Family Residence, Vilnius, Lithuania. During the morning session, representatives from seven US Lithuanian Heritage schools had discussions on the schools needs and cooperation with Lithuanian specialists and officials from Ministries...

Dr. J. P. Kazickas's memoir book "Odyssey of Hope" (Lithuanian version) with a special extention about the last 10 years of Dr. Kazickas's life was presented in the Kazickas Residence in Vilnius on June 2nd, 2013. Please read about this event in Lithuanian, or in English on the KFF webpage "Odyssey of Hope".

Juratė Kazickas and Zenonas Bedalis, KFF Vilnius office Executive Director paid a visit to Craftmanship School "Sodziaus Meistrai" in Rudiskes, Trakai, Lithuania. 

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) presented Lithuania's stateman Vytautas Landsbergis with the Democracy Service Medal. The Kazickas Family Foundation was the Patron of the Event. Please, read the story and watch video about this event on the NED website or dowload the Event Program Page1 and Page2.

Kazickas Family Foundation was proud to support Lithuania's Idependence Day Celebration organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the US, Washington, DC. One grant was given to the Dainava Lithuanian Chorale (Chicago, IL), ensemble of 80 members that gave a performance of the most celebrated Lithuanian songs. A second grant was given to the Celebration Committee. Foundation President Jurate Kazickas delivered a speech. In the picture, Albinas Markevičius, President of California Lithuanian Credit Union, main recipient of Lithuanian Diplomacy Star Award, Jūratė Kazickas and Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuanian Ambassador.