Last Saturday the BPCC held its sell out 17th Annual Ball. 300 guests gathered for the 1920s themed evening, sponsored by Jones Lang LaSalle and co-hosted by InterContinental Warszawa. Coverage of the ball will be in the next issue of Contact magazine but we are so proud of the fundraising achievement that we wanted to shout about it now! Said Caroline Cook.
Every year the BPCC supports a charity at the BPCC Annual Ball and this year we organised two fundraising activities in aid of the Eugeniusza Dutkiewicza SAC Hospice in Gdansk which helps people who have progressive and life-threatening illnesses. We are delighted to announce that a record amount was raised.
The first activity was our annual raffle and thanks to the superb prizes donated by BPCC members and the generosity of guests at the Ball, this raised an amazing 7,610PLN. Second was an auction for a unique, anonymously donated prize – a rugby ball signed by Lech Wałęsa and the entire Polish national rugby team plus a photograph of Jan Kozlowski, president of the Polish Rugby Association and President Wałęsa signing the ball. The auction was open online as well as taking place live at the Annual Ball so non-guests could also take part. Expertly orchestrated by professional real estate auctioneer, Michael Clay of Davidoff Kleeberg & Maresch and Export Poland, bidders battled it out, pushing the price higher and higher until it finally sold for an astounding 10,000PLN.
“We are thrilled to have raised a total of 17,610PLN which is more money than ever before and for such a worthy cause and I would like to thank all members who donated prizes and took part in the fundraising. A superb achievement!” said Martin Oxley, BPCC CEO.
“We would like to thank the BPCC and its members for their huge generosity and support for the hospice. We provide free of charge care to over 1,000 patients every year and therefore donations like this are invaluable to us,” added Aneta Puszko, Fundraising Manager, Eugeniusza Dutkiewicza SAC Hospice.
The entire event was wonderfully hosted by the BPCC and David Thomas - Chairman of the British Polish Chamber of Commerce welcomed all of the guests before Ric Todd HM Ambassador to Poland spoke in both Polish and English to everyone also.
An excellent dinner and 1920's themed dance then took place and a fantastic evening followed. There is no doubt that everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
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