How much did WOŚP collect in 2026? The record has already been broken and the money is coming
The collected funds will be allocated to pediatric gastroenterology, a The motto of this year's edition is “Healthy tummies for our children”. The organizers emphasize that every zloty brings us closer to the goal of improving the health of the youngest patients.
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— Let us all wish, here in Poland and all over the world, wherever we play – and there are as many as 1,681 teams with us – that this day will be very warm, regardless of what the weather will be like above us. There is a huge energy inside us that says that for the 34th time we want to do something beautiful, something that makes the heart happy and that in the end helps very effectively – said Jerzy Owsiak during the opening of the 34th finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.
How much did WOŚP collect in 2026? Current amount
The “huge energy” that Jerzy Owsiak talked about was also good this year, as can be seen from the final result. The 34th final of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity ended at 11.20 p.m. At the same moment, the counter of the collected amount stopped at PLN 183,231,782.
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This means that this year the foundation set a new record. The previous one, obtained during the 33rd final of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity in 2025, amounted to PLN 178,531,625. Simple mathematics and we see that this year we managed to collect PLN 4,700,157 more.
What amount can we expect. This is how much the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity collected in 2025.
It should be emphasized that the amount presented above is The 34th finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity is actually the starting position. The final results, including auctions, will be announced traditionally in early March.
How much will WOŚP ultimately collect in 2026? At this point, we can only speculate based on the results from previous years. And so, for this comparison, it is worth mentioning the 33rd WOŚP final from 2025, the result of which started from the above-mentioned level PLN 178,531,625, to finally stop at PLN 289,068,047.77.
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In total, through all the finals so far, WOŚP has collected nearly PLN 2.6 billion and donated almost PLN 81,000 to hospitals. devices.
WOŚP. Over three decades of support for Polish medicine
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity has been operating continuously since 1993. For 33 years, the WOŚP Foundation has been organizing one-day public collections, known as finales, which support the Polish health service.
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Thanks to the collected funds, the foundation buys modern medical equipment for hospitals, runs eight nationwide medical programs, carries out educational activities and promotes health prevention.
