( Torch, full name: the Association for the Promotion of Culture and Education "Torch", ) was a cultural association of Poles in Lithuania. The first chairman was Wiktor Budzyński (1924-1935), who was succeeded by Jan Przeździecki and Czesław Mackiewicz. Its activities included education, libraries, theatre, museums, exhibitions, press and literature.Tomasz Krzywicki, Litwa: przewodnik, 2005, , p. 93 The association's most important activity was centered around school and post-school education. It managed a number of pre-schools and private primary schools. In 1935 it managed 19 Polish after-school cultural centers () with over 12,000 participants, and a central library with 115 library outlets. Zenon Krajewski, Polacy w Republice Litewskiej 1918-1940, 1998, pp. 41-43
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