Lithuanian American Community of Minnesota

Founded in 1991, the Lithuanian American Community of Minnesota unites families of Lithuanians living in Minnesota as well as people with Lithuanian heritage or an interest in Lithuanian culture and history.

Our goal is to maintain, enjoy, and pass on to our future generations our national identity while living so far from Lithuania.

It is fun, important and useful for us to be together, thus we organize events, meetings and picnics to connect with each other. Our traditional events are: Restoration of State of Lithuania, Easter, Mid-Summer’s Eve, Fall Fest and Christmas.

The Martynas Mažvydas Lithuanian Heritage School is an integral part of our community creating an environment for the children of Lithuanian expatriates where they could learn more about Lithuania, learn the language, traditions, history and find Lithuanian speaking friends.

We invite every Lithuanian and friend of Lithuania to actively support (volunteer or donate) to our community. Even the most basic task that helps our community is meaningful, especially when we accomplish many and diverse types of things. We strive to expand and diversify our activities and attract people with various interests.

Lietuviais esame mes gimę, lietuviais turime ir būt!

Meet Board Members

Živilė Norvilaitė-Petersen - President


Rūta Bartašiūtė  Calis - Vice President and Lead for Relationships with Lithuanian Educational Organizations


Rūta Rupeikytė - Secretary


Rasa Bagdonaitė - Lead for Events and Relationships with the US and MN Organizations


Saulius Malinauskas - Treasurer


Agnė Smith - Vice Treasurer


Rita Wells - Lead for Member Engagement


Nerijus Gulbickas  - Lead for Communications


Valdas Bartosevic - Lead for Sports and Athletics


Diana Kazakevičiūtė - Board Member


Eglė Volckevičienė - Controller


Audra Whalberg - Controller


Gabrielė Janke - Controller

Support the Community

Every donated dollar is an investment in positive changes and a more purposeful community life. Your donation is also a moral support to the members of our organization who volunteer their time working for the community.

We appreciate your donation in any amount at any time of the year!

 Membership Fee

We invite every member to pay a voluntary membership fee in order to support both local and national activities of Lithuanian community. The annual membership fee is $20.00 per adult (18 years and older).

We are grateful for continuous support from following organizations