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Odyssey of Hope: A Journey To Freedom

by Joseph P. Kazickas

The Kazickas Family Foundation

Kazickas family in Jerusalem
Attending the Jerusalem celebration at the Via Dolorosa are from left, Michael, Jurate, Alexandra, Michael’s wife, Beverly and Roger Altman, Jurate’s husband.

The Kazickas Family Foundation was founded in 1998, a few years after the re-establishment of independence, to help Lithuania after nearly 50 years of Soviet occupation. The main focus has always been in education, but over the years grant giving has been expanded to include culture and the arts, social welfare, medicine, and technology with grants to more than 100 non-profit organizations every year.

KFF has offices in New York and Vilnius and is directed by .Jurate Kazickas, president, and her brothers Joseph, Michael and John.  The founder, Joseph P. Kazickas, passed away in 2014. His wife of 70 years, Alexandra, died in 2011.

Please visit the Kazickas Family Foundation website for a complete overview of all current KFF activities and grants.

Annual KFF sports event in Vilnius, January 2018
Annual KFF sports event in Vilnius, January 2018

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