Children's surgery and subsequent treatment were chosen to be the main focus of the 28th edition of the Grand Finale fundraiser. Children's surgeons work round the clock to save children's lives, and we want to supply them with the equipment they would be able to rely on. We will be buying medical devices for general surgery, cardiac surgery, and neurosurgery.
We are excited to announce that the sum of money in our account reached the benchmark set at the end of the day of the Grand Finale. The preliminary sum is an estimate based on the reports we receive from the local Collection Centres, results of our online fundraisers and auctions.
On the night of January 12th, we announced the preliminary result:
Today, the sum in our account - the money we have at our disposal reached the benchmark set by the estimated result we announced on the day of the Grand Finale. Up till now, we have updated the counter on our website to show how much money we have in our account. Today, once we've hit that PLN 15 000 000 benchmark, we stopped the counter. The outcome of this year's fundraiser will be, traditionally announced at the beginning of March.
Online collections and auctions are still ongoing, and you still can support our medical objective!
Last year, the preliminary estimate was PLN 92 143 798, while the outcome of the 2019 fundraiser was PLN 175 938 717 (this sum includes the money raised in the collection commemorating the late President Paweł Adamowicz).
41 days before the 32nd Grand Finale and our annual collection is already peaking! PLN 1,108,427 has already powered our fundraiser held in aid of respiratory units across Poland!
On 5 December, we organized the 68th Open Tender dedicated to the aim of the 30th Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, i.e. paediatric ophthalmology.
The registration of Collection Centres, i.e. hubs of volunteers organizing the Grand Finale events for their local community, is now over. Collection Centres will be actively participating in the 32nd Grand Finale fundraiser across Poland and in 101 locations around the world!
