At Giving Through Jewelry 10% of all sales are donated to a charity of the buyers choice. We realize that there are a lot of charities to choose from so we would like to highlight some of our favorites. This month’s featured charity is the Magnetic Island Koala Hospital.

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WHO THEY ARE

Magnetic Island Koala Hospital was created for the rescue and rehabilitation of injured, sick and orphaned Koalas on Magnetic Island in North Queensland. The Hospital was set up by Dr Ali Bee and her husband Tim. Dr Ali arrived on Magnetic Island from East Yorkshire in 2000. Ali had been heading for Africa but ended up on an altogether different continent. Instead Dr Ali worked as a veterinarian on Magnetic Island and quickly found that many of the Koalas that came in to the Vet clinic required somewhere for longer term care.  Initially Koalas were cared for in Tim and Ali’s home but gradually enclosures were set up with the help of the Magnetic Island Community and very generous supporters.  As the numbers of Koalas in care dramatically increased the facilities also had to expand also The family expanded too with the arrival of Isabella Rose Bee (a.k.a Izzy B. a.k.a The Koala Whisperer) in 2007. A State Government grant allowed the building of a Koala Kindergarten and Clinic which opened in 2014. The Koala Kindergarten has been running at full capacity since the day the doors opened. The building of a larger enclosure was made possible by a very generous donation from Glencore in 2017 and also from Rockmount Racing.