Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
In 1993, Owsiak founded the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity along with Lidia Niedźwiedzka-Owsiak and Bohdan Maruszewski, which is now one of the largest, non-government, non-profit, charities in Poland. The main objective of the charity is "Health Protection and Saving Children's Lives through Providing Medical Equipment to Public Hospitals".
His first fund-raising participation was organised spontaneously after an appeal of the cardiosurgeons from "Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka", for financial support in the purchase of medical equipment. In 1992, Owsiak invited doctors to his programme "Brum" broadcast on PR Program III, and repeatedly reminded it's listners in every edition about paying money on a given account. This action was also continued during the Jarocin Festival the same year.
There was lots of positive feedback from these actions, and in March 1993, thanks to the initiative of Owsiak and Walter Chełstowski, GOCC officially came into existence and its first Great Finale was organised on January 3, 1993. Since then, the Great Finale has taken place every year and Owsiak is the main organizer and compere of TV programme under the same title, broadcasted on TVP2.
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