Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski took part in the summary of the 32nd Final of the Grand Orchestra of Christmas Charity less than two weeks before the local elections. Trzaskowski is running for another term. During a press conference at the PGE National Stadium, it was announced that the WOŚP counter on Wednesday indicated the amount of PLN 281,879,000. PLN 118.07, which is the final result. In announcing the amount, Jerzy Owsiak said that “you have to use the word record.” The money will support lung disease departments in hospitals across Poland. Is the vice-president of the PO running an election campaign at the expense of the sick?
The aim of the 32nd Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity was to purchase equipment for diagnosing, monitoring and rehabilitating lung diseases of patients in pediatric and adult pulmonary wards. This year’s slogan was: ‘Lungs after the pandemic. We play for children and adults!”
On Wednesday, at the PGE National Stadium, just before announcing the amount raised, the chairman of the WOŚP Foundation, Jerzy Owsiak, emphasized that it was public money.
This is your money, we care about it very much and it will come back to you later in the shape of our heart – not only for equipment for small children in children’s wards, but now also for adults
– said the co-founder of WOŚP.
Recalling this year’s slogan: ‘Lungs after the pandemic. We play for children and adults!” – Owsiak emphasized that “there are 15 pediatric wards and 49 adult wards.”
The result of the 32nd final of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
This year the WOŚP counter indicated the amount of PLN 281 million 879 thousand 118.07.
You must use the word record
– said Owsiak, adding that it is not about records.
For this money we can help the whole of Poland, all hospital departments with lung disease departments very effectively.
– boasted the chairman of the board of directors.
Now our committee decides which equipment we will talk about
– he said.
Owsiak’s call to participate in local government elections
Owsiak thanked all the institutions involved in the campaign. He emphasized that what the foundation does goes back to the health care system.
This does not help the private health care system, which also operates in our country and also helps us, but it helps the public health care system
– emphasized the head of WOŚP.
He also appealed for participation in local elections.
A civil society is a society that listens to us, to each other, that also cares about the way we live, what our sidewalks and streets look like, and how we live in the local community. (…) Don’t give up on these choices, they are extremely important, perhaps the most important right now
– said Owsiak.
Trzaskowski at the conference
The conference summarizing this year’s final was attended, among others, by: Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski, Minister of Sports and Tourism Sławomir Nitras and Deputy Minister of National Education Katarzyna Lubnauer.
The mayor of the capital expressed his thanks on behalf of the hospitals in Warsaw. He noted that Warsaw was “smiling and active” on the day of the final.
They all play with the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity and will always continue to play
– said Trzaskowski.
WOŚP’s result this year is almost PLN 39 million higher than last year. At that time, 243 million PLN and 259 thousand were raised for the fight against sepsis. 387 PLN 25 gr. In turn, in 2022, the foundation’s account received 224 million PLN 376 thousand. PLN 706.35, donated to pediatric ophthalmology. This year’s result includes: donations in the cans – PLN 157 million 389 thousand. PLN 843.20 (55.84% of the amount); electronic channels – 123 million 569 thousand 803 PLN 10 gr. (43.84% of the amount); gifts in kind – PLN 919,000 471 PLN 77 gr. (0.33% of the amount).
Apparently, Rafał Trzaskowski’s election campaign was financed at the expense of Poles who voluntarily donated their money to patients. Jerzy Owsiak called at the WOŚP finals conference to take part in the local elections on April 7. Next to him stood the candidate for the presidency of Warsaw. It’s a clear picture even without mentioning the name in the statement. Moreover, the mayor of the capital appears at a conference about a major event, but does he actually care about the well-being of Warsaw’s residents in need?
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Source: wPolityce