Subject: ♥️ Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity fights and wins with sepsis! ♥️

This year, the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation took up the mission to fight against sepsis! During the 31st Grand Finale fundraiser, we played for all – the little and the big ones!

Hi!

It's been a while since our January fundraiser! Last week's Open Tender, held to fulfil the main objective of this year's Grand Finale, serves as a good excuse for a quick recap of the 31st edition of our Summer Blaze in the Middle of the winter!

Enjoy!

Jurek Owsiak during the opening of the 29th Pol'and'Rock Festival

We want to beat sepsis! We play for all – the little and the big ones!

To purchase the medical equipment for early diagnosis of the bacterial infection that causes sepsis – this was the main objective of the 31st Grand Finale. We revealed the theme of this year's January fundraiser on 12 October 2022 during a press conference organised at the GOCC Foundation's main office in Warsaw.

Learn more about the 31st Grand Finale's objective

Orchestra played all around the world!

Our Orchestra is a world-class group that plays even in the most distant places on Earth! This year, 87 Collection Centres from 25 different countries submitted their application to join our Summer Blaze in January!

Thanks to our incredible hubs, the Grand Finale was held in such distant places as Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, the UK, the USA, and the Polish Polar Station Hornsund in Norway.

Final result – EUR 52,028,528.98 for the fight against sepsis!

On March 31, two months after the fundraiser, the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity summarized the 31st Grand Finale. The final result of the collection summed up to PLN 243,259,389.25 (EUR 52,028,528.98 according to the exchange rate of 31 March 2023) which means it was nearly PLN 19 million more than last year and almost PLN 89 million more than the preliminary result on the day of the fundraiser.

The biggest Open Tender in the history of the GOCC Foundation

On 22 May – nearly 4 months after the January fundraiser and 2 months after revealing the final result of the collection – the GOCC Foundation commenced the 66th Open Tender to buy medical equipment facilitating the fight against sepsis. The negotiations with medical companies took three days before all the purchases for 169 laboratories across the country were completed.

A record-breaking amount of PLN 168 million for medical equipment!

What are we up to now?

We are now getting ready for the 29th Pol'and'Rock Festival – a music feast open to every music enthusiast who cherishes the values of love, friendship, and freedom! The Festival is traditionally organized by the GOCC Foundation to say “thank you” to all the volunteers who, despite harsh weather conditions, made every effort to get involved in our winter fundraiser.

Pol'and'Rock Festival is a free, unticketed event, offering a variety of music genres, and inspiring workshops held at the Academy of the Finest Arts. This year we will meet once again at the former Czaplinek-Broczyno Airfield in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship between 3-5 August. See you there!

Disover Pol'and'Rock Festival

See the history of the GOCC Foundation in a nutshell!

Thanks for taking the time to read our newsletter. I will get back to you with new updates soon!

Anna from the GOCC Foundation Team

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