Jerzy Owsiak made a “heartfelt request” on social media to people involved in pediatric oncology and hematology not to have “even one gram of anger or reluctance” towards PiS MP Jan Kanthak. The head of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity reacted this way to the recording of Kanthak pouring coffee from an Orlen station in connection with the company's announcement that he will take part in the next final of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.
PiS MP Jan Kanthak published a video on social media in which he spills coffee bought at an Orlen station. As he informs, this is his “last coffee” at this station after the company announced that it had joined the 33rd Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, and throughout January 2025 at its gas stations you will be able to support the collection by throwing money into WOŚP cans. placed at the cash registers.
– I have always had an ambivalent attitude towards him (Jerzy Owsiak – ed.), because on the one hand he acts for charity, but on the other hand he is the way he is – says Kanthak in the TikTok recording. – But after what the parliamentary campaign looked like and after those billboards “Let's defeat this evil”, implicitly PiS, but with the word “sepsis” in small letters, (…) This is my last coffee – explained the MP, suggesting the alleged involvement of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity in the elections parliamentary elections in 2023.
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Owsiak replies to Kanthak
The president of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation soon referred to the MP's recording in an entry titled “Hot request”. “I have an earnest request to all people involved in pediatric oncology and hematology – doctors, nurses, nurses, laboratory technicians, paramedics, rehabilitators, hospital workers, laboratories, ambulance workers – that when the gentleman who ostentatiously spilled the fortifying coffee comes to you, The finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, intended for pediatric oncology and hematology, should never have even one gram of anger or reluctance towards him,” he wrote.
“So that in no way, even the slightest, should any embarrassment be directed towards him or his children, or anyone with whom this gentleman will appear before you. Our help is addressed to all those who need it,” said Owsiak. “Our final collections have never excluded anyone. And when someone organized the collection and when someone wants to benefit from its effects,” added the head of WOŚP.
“By the way, did you clean up after yourself when you spilled the coffee?” – ended the entry.
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Orlen will play with WOŚP
The 33rd Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity will take place on January 26, 2025, and the purpose of the collection will be to support pediatric oncology and hematology. – We couldn't miss it. We implement various programs and projects that support the activity and development of the young generation, but we cannot forget about children who face the most serious challenge, a serious illness, said Orlen's president Ireneusz Fąfara, informing about the company's participation in this event.
In the information, Orlen confirmed that the decision to establish cooperation with WOŚP was preceded by research conducted in September 2024. Over 70 percent the company's clients indicated that he should play with the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. Orlen pointed out that almost 2 thousand its gas stations in Poland and tens of thousands of people served every day “is a huge potential that cannot be overestimated in the context of a charity campaign so deeply rooted in the hearts of Poles.”
He assured that “throughout January 2025, at Orlen gas stations, its own and franchise ones, you will be able to support the collection by throwing money into the WOŚP cans placed at the cash registers.” He also announced that he would encourage his employees to engage in volunteering.
WOŚP in 2025
During the 32nd Finals of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, nearly PLN 2.3 billion was collected and over 73,000 items were purchased. devices for health care purposes. The aim of the last collection in January 2024 was to fight lung diseases. At the end of November Jerzy Owsiak presented piggy bankswith which the volunteers of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity will take to the streets for the 33rd Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. – 120,000 volunteers, holding these cans, will ask to support our Final – announced the president of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation.
The aim of the next WOŚP finale will be to support the treatment of children suffering from cancer and other serious hematological diseases.
Main photo source: Jan Kanthak/TikTok