Every individual taxpayer can choose a non-governmental organization or public benefit organization that will receive 1% of their tax return. Donations are easy, hassle-free, and provide tangible support to various charitable organizations across the country. The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation is also eligible for the donation. This year, we will raise money to provide children's hospitals in the entire country with state of the art equipment and overhaul the devices we donated in the past. The deadline for submitting your tax returns in Poland falls at the end of April, so it's high time to make your decision!
These 1% of tax donations provide sizeable support to our charity. The money we raise will address some of the most serious needs of Polish public medicine. Last year we helped psychiatric wards for children and young adults. Thanks to the money raised in the 1% charitable drive, we sent equipment and furniture to 37 psychiatric wards across the country. We overhauled and transformed how these wards operate on a day-to-day basis. We are still a long way to go before the level of care and conditions in these wards. Still, we have made the first, essential steps on the road to recovery when it comes to access to psychiatric facilities and mental healthcare providers and the conditions at these hospitals, says the Medical Affairs Director of the GOCC, Lidia Niedźwiedzka-Owsiak
Less than 60 days before the 32nd Grand Finale fundraiser, the Collection Boxes were presented during a press conference. Just this year, there were 226,000 boxes produced.
Five days before the 32nd Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, we visited the 'Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka' (Children's Memorial Health Institute) to ceremoniously inaugurate the first Ophthalmic Simulation Laboratory in Europe dedicated exclusively to the field of peadiatric ophthalmology.
Traditionally, on Fridays just before the Grand Finale fundraiser, the GOCC Foundation hosts a press conference to sum up the preparations for the annual collection. Jurek Owsiak will present all our initiatives, actions, and activities as we prepare to celebrate another edition of the joyous celebration of kindness!
