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Kazickas Family Foundation sponsored Dr. Vilma Makauskiene‘s fellowship at the American Institute for Stuttering where last June she participated at the two week intensive therapy program for people who stutter. Dr. V. Makauskiene is a speech pathologist and psychologist at the Center for Speech and Language Disorders in Kaunas, Lithuania.

One of eleven Dr. Joseph and Alexandra Kazickas' grandchildren, Jack Kazickas, chooses two organizations that focus on children and youth. One of his philanthropy choices, the First Tee of Metropolitan, empowers minority and under-privileged youth to become successful citizens, while another choice, the St. Baldrick's Foundation, gives kids their best chance at happy childhood, free of cancer.

On September 5th, Kazickas Family Foundation representatives and "Transparency Internationa Lithuania had a public consultation "Philanthropy and Civil Society" at the Kazickas Family Residence. Few dozen non-profit organizations, their partners and philanthropists also participated. Everyone was brainstorming what would be the most productive plan to work together.

Today at 7pm in St. Casimir Church in Vilnius, the closing concert of the Kazickas Family Sacred Music Hours 2016 took place. The concert was in memory of Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Alexandra Kazickas, who would have celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on August 15th.

Foster Home "St. John's Children" has been supported by the Kazickas Family Foundation for the last four years. On August 13th, the Home celebrated its 20th anniversary.

During a beautiful week in July, a camp, dedicated to the families raising children and teenagers affected by Alopecia (autoimmune disorder in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body) was held in a small village in Lithuania. With the Kazickas Family Foundation's help, it was the second year in a row such camp took place.

Kazickas Family Foundation Director Neila Baumiliene with a group of supporters met with Raseiniai local administration oficials who are willing to face and solve the local youth issues such as engaging them in a productive activity, keeping them away from the criminal world and human trafficking.

"Sodziaus Meistrai" trade school in Trakai region, Lithuania, has been Kazockas Family Foundation's grantee for four years.

In August 2016, the 11th Mission Siberia expedition returned home from faraway lands where Lithuanians once were exiled in Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan Republics.

The Kazickas family's visit to Chornaya Padina, Saratov Region, Russia - Dr. Kazickas' birthplace (1918). The village was founded by the Lithuanian deportees, participants of the uprising of 1863 against the Russian Empire.