In memory of Balys Sakalauskas-Sakalas, listed for deportation to Siberia under the Soviet occupation, came to Canada with his family after four years in a German refugee camp. In Toronto he was an active Lithuanian community leader in its early years as founder of the Lithuanian Weekly "Tėviškės žiburiai", president of the Lithuanian Canadian Community Executive,  president of the Resurrection Parish Council and co-founder of Resurrection Credit Union.