As of 4 October 2022, the square at ul. Wrzoska in Poznań is named after the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity! Thank you. It is an honour. The Mayor of Poznań, Jacek Jaśkowiak and the Chairman of the City Council, Grzegorz Ganowicz took part in the grand opening event.
During the 30th Grand Finale, the Collection Centres in Poznań raised as much as PLN 1,859,283.08. We wholeheartedly thank all the 2144 volunteers from Poznań!
Thanks to the funds raised in all the past Grand Finales, we purchased 13,571 pieces of medical equipment for hospitals in Poznań for as much as PLN 53,853,233.81.
For Poznań, we purchased, i.a.:
Honouring the GOCC stands also for the gratitude for the 30-year-long tradition of activism and carrying help by the Foundation and all the volunteers acting in its ranks. The localization of the Square, in the direct neighbourhood of the new Greater Poland Children's Health Centre at ul. Adama Wrzoska, perfectly matches the profile of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.
We have purchased PLN 3,828,827.81 worth of 1,443 medical devices for the Greater Poland Children's Health Hospital.
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!
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!
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.
