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).
Hundreds of participants wearing our original orange T-shirts? It's a signature feature of our "Get Even with Diabetes" Run! We will hold the 18th stationary edition of the run in the streets of Warsaw on 28 January. However, the virtual run starts today! You can still register online and add your time to the pool!
Warsaw, Poland, the world! The enthusiasm which exploded in our country in 1993 has reached the most distant corners of the world in a flash. Already during the very first Grand Finale, we were present across the ocean!
On 9 May in Poland, we celebrate the Ophthalmologists and Ophthalmology Day – a very special date for the GOCC Foundation. Since 2001 we have run the Prevention of Retinopathy of Prematurity Programme!
