Take a look at the grand opening of our annual event! All over the world, the international Collection Centres have begun to raise money for the benefit of this year’s theme of the GOCC Grand Finale – a fight with sepsis, a severe life-threatening medical condition.
Canada and the U.S. are just tuning their instruments. Australia, Singapore, and Japan have been playing for a while now. Now Poland joins the worldwide spectacle! The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, under the baton of Jurek Owsiak, intoned the first cords and officially opened The Grand Finale.
We already know that this Grand Finale will be very special. For the first time, the Orchestra plays for everyone – both the little and the big ones. “We want to beat sepsis!” – this is the main theme of this year's fundraising goal. For this purpose, we have already managed to collect PLN 37,226,515 (the declared amount). There are still plenty of other activities ahead of us, which will support the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity in fulfilling its statutory goals.
One such activity is the Get Even with Diabetes Race, sponsored by Dawtona. The run in Warsaw starts today (29 January 2023) at noon CET from Bankowy Square in Warsaw, Poland. All entries for the regular run in Warsaw have already been sold, but registration for the virtual run is still open until the end of the day of the Grand Finale, you can still register here.
You can also join our Grand Finale Concert, which will take place at Bankowy Square and will be transmitted online, too. A detailed list of bands with the timetable can be found on our website.
If for some reason you cannot be with us here in Warsaw, you can always watch the Grand Finale in Warsaw on TV and the Internet, or listen to a live stream on the radio. This year’s event will be transmitted through various channels – on Polish television – TVN, TVN24, TTV, during online broadcasts on Player.pl, Youtube (WOŚP channel), Facebook (GOCC profile), Twitch (Pol'and'Rock Festival channel), on Onet.pl website and traditionally in Antyradio.
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!
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!
96 days before the 32nd Grand Finale, during the 67th Open Tender, we have revealed the aim of the upcoming winter fundraiser. This time, the GOCC Foundation will focus on the post-pandemic lung diseases - the raised funds will be used to purchase equipment for children's and adults' respiratory units.
