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Last week director of Yale University MacMilllan Center Baltic Studies program dr. Bradley Woodworth came to Lithuania to meet with the representatives of Lithuanian educational institutions in order to discuss dr. Joseph P. Kazickas post-doctoral fellowship at Yale offered to the citizens of Lithuania.
During their latest visit to Lithuania, Jurate, Lucy and Augie Kazickas visited Alytus region Miroslavas high school and participated at the foundation's "Youth Can" program's practice. School's student and program's participant Egle Zilinskaite shares gratitude and few thoughts from that day.
Lithuanian school in Florida "Sauletas krantas" thanks the Kazickas Family Foundation for the support covering 2 day camp for school's children together with the Lithuanian youth baseball team and its coach Virmidas Neverauskas.
The Kazickas Family Foundation congratulates Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Congregation that is turning 100 this year and is excited to contribute to Sisters' work. Special friendship between Jurate Kazickas and Sister Igne Marijosiute started years ago at the camp in Putnam and continues even today.
During their trip to Lithuania, Jurate, Lucy and Augustine Kazickas visited Pumpenai school. KFF program's "Youth Can" director Arminas Vareika is a former school's student and today he brings not just the Kazickas family and programs to keep Pumpenai children active and involved, but his heart and soul to his community that raised and nurtured him.
Marking the Kazickas Family Foundation's 20th anniversary this year, last Tuesday, November 6th, Jurate Kazickas invited representatives from various Lithuanian NGOs to the conference "Philanthropy in Lithuania: Practice and Advise to the NGOs" at the M. Mazvydas National Library.
Everyone is cordially invited to the opening of a special exhibit "The Life of Joseph Peter Kazickas" in Pasvalys. Exhibit about Petras Vileisis gymnasium graduate, philanthropist, patriot and businessmen will be introduced on November 7th at 3pm by dr. J. P. Kazickas' daughter Jurate Kazickas.
KFF program YOUTH CAN invited all to the first event of the season at the Kedainiai Sports Center. Over 300 program's students from various Lithuanian towns and villages showed off their basketball skills they've been practicing for the last two months.
On Sunday before the All Souls Day, Lucy, Joe and Augie Kazickas with a small group of Alexandra Kazickas Lithuanian school children and parents visited the final resting place of dr. Joseph Kazickas, his wife Alexandra and their son Alexander at the East Hampton cemetery.
KFF NYC office director Neila Baumiliene met with four Lithuanian Emergency Medicine Residents who are currently acquiring knowledge and experience from world's top Emergency Medicine specialists at the University of Cincinnati and Tri Health Good Samaritan Hospital.