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The AC, formerly Across Cultures, Women's Empowerment program sponsored by the Kazickas Family Foundation is seeking delegates to represent Lithuania in two separate programs: Women Deliver's 4th Global Conference 16-19 May 2016 in Copenhagen Denmark and Global Summit of Women: 'Women - Building an Inclusive Economy in a Digital Age', 9-11 June 2016 in Warsaw Poland.
Thursday, June 30th - Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 the XV Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival will take place in Baltimore.
Kazickas Family Foundation is proud to be supporting this inspiring event!
On January 27th, New York, Aiste Furajevaite from the Kazickas Family Foundation met with Lithuania’s Consul General Julius Pranevicius to discuss the “Basketball Power” program.
During her visit to Chicago, IL, on January 17th, Neila Baumiliene of KFF, met with Mrs. Rita Venclovas, program coordinator for Child's Gate to Learning.
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.