First lady backs Polish Radio’s Christmas charity drive

First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda has supported Polish Radio’s Christmas charity drive in which items donated by showbiz celebrities, artists and sports stars are auctioned on air by the public broadcaster to benefit the needy.

First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda (left) donates items to Polish Radio's Christmas charity drive during a meeting with Polish Radio CEO Agnieszka Kamińska (right) at the presidential palace in Warsaw on Thursday.

Photo: Grzegorz Jakubowski/KPRP

During a meeting with Polish Radio CEO Agnieszka Kamińska on Thursday, Kornhauser-Duda submitted two items of her own to the broadcaster’s annual Choinki Jedynki fundraiser, which is now in its 20th year.

Agata Kornhauser–Duda przekazała przygotowane przez siebie prace Prezes Polskiego Radia Agnieszce Kamińskiej. Obrazki trafią na licytację 🎄„Choinek Jedynki 2021” w ramach 20. edycji akcji charytatywnej organizowanej przez @RadiowaJedynka.

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— Kancelaria Prezydenta (@prezydentpl) November 25, 2021

Funds raised through the Choinki Jedynki drive will go toward two charitable foundations, including one run by well-known actress Anna Dymna and called Mimo Wszystko (In Spite of Everything).

The fundraiser includes an auction of artworks created by children about Christmas.

Click here for a full list of items on sale and details of the auctions in Polish.

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Source: IAR, prezydent.pl