A horse rescue in Holly Springs has big dreams, but with a lack of big donations, they're just trying to figure out how to get through the winter.

"When they arrived they were in bad shape," said I Love Horses Foundation President, Pam Heim.

But with a little work, something to eat and a lot of love these horses have come along way.

"We love visitors, the horses love seeing people, it socializes them," she said.

But it's keeping them healthy is becoming a problem.

"The foundation has zero money right now," she said, "all the emails I've gotten they want to come and donate their time, and I'll take that."

But time doesn't feed the horses.

"I got my last bale of hay, I've got to wait until next pay day to get my next bale," said Heim.

Heim is feeding her seven rescued horses on her salary from Wal-Mart.

"I don't know what's going to happen, I'm hoping that, you know, if we get enough donations to get us through the winter," she said.

But she's not going to give up, that's partly because of the impact these horses have already had on the community.

A group of middle school students who were getting into trouble started coming three times a week.

"They would come and they would take each horse and they would walk them and groom them, and the teachers actually called the parents and told them that whatever they were doing to keep it up because the kids were doing wonderful,"

But these aren't the only horses that need a home, Pam's finding in the community some folks can't afford to keep the horses they have, but right now she doesn't know how many more she can take.

"I am renting this place so we are looking to get a permanent place where I can get more horses, and save as many as I can," she said.

That farm out in Lillington has a camp ground where folks who want to work with the horses can stay - a dream for Pam but with a price tag of a million and a half - right now just feeding the friends she has is her top priority.

"Anything helps, you know a bag of feed costs $13, if I get $13 donation I'll go buy another bag of feed," she said.

If you want to help, log on to www.ilovehorsesfoundation.org for more information.