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Jesse’s Place Foundation, a Milford nonprofit dedicated to providing animal-assisted therapeutic experiences to support foster children and other individuals with trauma, is holding a fundraising campaign through the end of February in honor of a recently fallen hero: Cinnamon the Warrior Horse.

Through the Fill the Feed initiative, the organization is collecting monetary donations and gift cards to Tractor Supply and Southern States to support the costs of care for its rescue horses and help fill their feed bins.

Cinnamon, one of the foundation’s rescue horses, died late last year at the remarkable age of 52, far exceeding the average equine life expectancy of 25 to 30 years. He overcame a number of traumatic events, from being abandoned and tied to a mailbox in his early years, to being bitten by a copperhead snake – and then, just a few weeks later, suffering from colic and almost dying.

“Most horses would’ve just laid down and given up – but not Cinnamon,” said Jesse’s Place founder and CEO Sarah Hayes. She took Cinnamon in when he was 7 and nurtured him for the rest of his years. “He really was a great inspiration to all of my clients.”