Please help Sam save injured and orphaned koalas.

URGENT HELP - WE NEED DONATIONS FOR A KOALA RESCUE AND EUCALYPTUS LEAF COLLECTION VEHICLE

This is Samantha Longman. Samantha (Sam) has devoted most of her adult life (19 years to be exact!) as a volunteer wildlife rescuer and carer with an unwavering dedication to the rescue and rehabilitation of injured, diseased, and orphaned wildlife, particularly koalas.

Sam's days are spent travelling sometimes up to 200kms each day in a never-ending mission to collect fresh fodder (eucalyptus leaves) for the many sick, injured and orphaned koalas in her care. These dear and trusting koalas rely on Sam to gather just the right specialised species of leaf needed for their healing and optimum health to reach the end goal of being released back
into the wild. She does this tireless volunteer work around her paid employment which is extremely demanding.

Whilst Sam is a member of and has the backing and support of one of Australia’s greatest wildlife rescue and rehabilitation groups, Wildcare Australia Inc, the majority of her voluntary work is funded by herself - fuel, specialised milk formulas and pharmaceuticals for the koalas, and the list goes on.

Sam urgently needs your help.

Sam's existing vehicle is in disrepair. She is in urgent need of a replacement vehicle that is both reliable and safe for the many hours spent on the road collecting numerous branches of eucalyptus leaf for koalas. Caring for koalas looks cute, but the work is endless. It is physically demanding, collecting up to 40 x large branches of gum leaf daily. Not to mention cleaning enclosures, feeding sick joeys around the clock and rescuing other native animals in need of urgent help at all hours of the night.

Sam undertakes this work with humility. Going about it quietly without fuss, helping every animal she can that needs assistance. Sam never asks for help, so we are doing it for her.

A $20 donation will mean we only need 1,500 people to help support Sam to reach our goal. It will be the best $20 you spend all week.