Posted on 08/26/2016 5:42:44 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
WARSAW, Poland – Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski has sold the silver medal he won at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to help pay for the medication of a 3-year-old boy suffering from eye cancer.
Malachowski said on Facebook that siblings Dominika and Sebastian Kulczyk, among the richest Poles, "declared the intention to buy my silver medal," which he put up for auction to help pay for treatment of the boy, Olek, who is suffering from retinoblastoma.
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well at least his medal wasn’t “gold”.
Then the metal wouldn’t be worth anything.
Before or after taxes?
Hopefully, his government won’t tax him for it.
But I thought they had wonderful socialized, single payer health care over there.
That’s amazing! God bless this athlete and the child both.
Na zdrowia!
Poland? I don’t think so?
They have a ‘dual system’ like Britain. The ‘state hospitals’ are dreaddul. I hope this child gets proper care.
That’s the beauty of it . . . he doesn’t care, why should you?
Since when? I never heard Poland had that. Do you have a link?
My comment was aimed at governments, not at the gentleman, may God bless him.
Hope someone buys it back for him.
I think that the Kulczyks should rent the medal from Malachowski on a yearly basis.
Malachowski should show up for his payment at an annual Christmas party thrown by the Kulczyks. He should auction off some number of invitations to accompany him to the party to see the medal and the presentation of the rental check.
Of course the proceeds of the auction would go to fund the treatment of the child or future suffering children.
God will bless this man and welcome him home when his time comes.
What a wonderful act of kindness. Bless him and the afflicted boy.
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