It's thought more than a billion animals have died in the bushfires in Australia so far but one eight-year-old from Ravenswood is hoping to help save as many as possible.
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Emily Linnett is hoping to raise $300 by the end of the month to help the rescue efforts of wildlife affected by the fires in Tasmania and on the mainland.
Her mother Sarah Mitchell said during her school holiday program at the Northern Children's Network they were discussing the fires and the group decided to adopt a koala to sponsor its recovery.
However that was not enough for her and she set about fundraising to help save and care for more koalas and other wildlife affected.
"She came home to raid her money box to fundraise for the koala," Ms Mitchell said.
"She got upset that they could only save one and then it stemmed from there as to what we could do.
"We're only about half way through making the cupcakes and play-doh that we've been asked for from friends and family so I think we've worked out it should be about the $300 mark."
Ms Mitchell said they thought up ideas about what Emily could contribute and settled on two things.
To fundraise she has been baking dark chocolate and vanilla cupcakes and making play-doh to sell to family and friends through Facebook.
So far she has raised about $115.
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Emily said she wanted to do it to help the animals affected by the bushfires that she had seen on television and had a special soft spot for koalas.
"I wanted to do it so the animals could get well," she said.
The fundraiser will also reunite Emily with someone who helped her during her first two and a half months of life.
The Ravenswood Heights Primary School student was born premature at 26 weeks and spent her first few months in the Royal Hobart Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
One of the nurses who looked after her in the NICU all those years ago is hosting a collective fundraiser garage sale on February 1.
"We"re going to travel down to Hobart for that so Emily can hand the money over in person and see it go to somewhere," Ms Mitchell said.
"She does wildlife rescue in her spare time."
The money will be donated to Animal Rescue Collective, an organisation working with hundreds of others to help wildlife and animals nation-wide.
The organisation is distributing medical materials, food and other supplies to keep burned wildlife alive.
