12th annual Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy collects over zł. 23 million

The final amount of donations collected nationwide will be known at the end of February and then this amount will have to be accounted for by the Interior Ministry. The memorial medal with number 1 was sold for zł. 130,000 and Jerzy Owsiak, the founder of this entire event, stated that the contract with the company, which had purchased it, has already been signed. He was also satisfied with the fact that a football with signatures from Real Madrid players was sold for zł. 65,000. "This is not the final total of donations yet, as the Internet auction is still going on," explained Owsiak. A golden telephone booth card was sold for zł. 30,000. The donations collected from this event will be spent on purchasing equipment for 300 children hospital wards throughout the nation. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 2) M.M.