Farm fresh pork, chicken, turkey & beef

Pork is now available, whole, half and per pound. If you are interested in purchasing pork please contact Rick ASAP. We dropped three hogs off for processing today and there is still time to have it cut yourway. We do have one more hog ready to go now, after this one, there will not be another until October. We're taking non refundable deposits now for hogs ready in October $50 half.

If you are interested only in certain items e-mail Rick a list and he will quote you a per pound price.

We have frozen and available smoked bacon, sausage, loin roast, porkchops, pork steaks, smoked ham steaks, smoked picnic hams, smoked hams and smoked hocks. (Feet will be available in 2 weeks.)

We are also taking orders for fresh broiler hens, they are $6.00 each and will be ready July 1st, just in time for the 4th of July weekend.

A second batch of broilers will be available first week of September.

Be one of the first on the list for your fresh Thanksgiving day turkey, they'll be ready for pick up on Monday, November 24th. Call now 734 485-8725

Beef will be ready in the late fall. If you're interested please let Rick know, there will be limited availability. Reserve yours now, whole or half, no quarters.

As always fresh eggs are available 2.00 doz.

The Russians were here!

A couple of weeks ago we had the pleasure of training a delegation of Russian social workers visiting Eastern Michigan University. It was a a wonderful opportunity to share our message that recovery is possible and that hope is an essential ingredient when helping addicts and alcoholics.

Google + EMU = Good news for Dawn Farm

Dawn Farm has been lucky enough to receive some exciting help from Google and the EMU School of Business.

Google awarded Dawn Farm a Google Grant for Google AdWords and asked us if we'd be willing to participate in a pilot project with EMU's School of Business. A group of students have been learning about AdWords by managing our account. They've done a terrific job -- our web traffic is up by 60%!

You can read more about it here.

Scholarships help students overcoming drugs, addiction

The Livonia Observer recently ran an article on a local family foundation that is offering academic scholarships to young recovering people with ties to Livonia and supporting the treatment of a young indigent client at Dawn Farm.

Students on the road to recovery can get help paying for college through Brian's Foundation.

Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to applicants from a Livonia school who have completed at least one year of continuous recovery from alcohol or substance abuse or addictions.

The foundation is named for Brian Montes, who died of an accidental heroin/fentanyl overdose in June 2006 at the age of 22. He was a Livonia Public Schools graduate and student at Michigan State University studying to be an English teacher.

His family started the foundation to educate and raise awareness of the dangers of substance abuse.

"We wanted to help someone who was struggling with the same things that Bri went through," said Scott Montes, Brian's older brother and a student at Wayne State University.

The foundation also gave a treatment scholarship to Dawn Farms, a substance abuse treatment facility in Ann Arbor.

Brian Montes was a poet and musician. He would have been a great English teacher, his brother said. The foundation's goal is to help someone turn his or her life around.

Brian's mother, Diane Montes, who founded the Livonia Save Our Youth Task Force in the months after his death, suggested the scholarships help someone struggling with substance abuse, Scott Montes said. "It seems like it was the right thing to do."

Funding came from a golf outing the family held last August.

Application packets are due June 15. In addition to completing one year of recovery, an applicant must:

• Attend or have attended a Livonia high school or be a current resident of Livonia.
• Submit a one- to three-page essay describing his/her recovery journey and academic goals and have it signed by a treatment professional.
• Get a letter of recommendation from a professional who can attest to successful participation.
• Supply proof of acceptance to a two- or four-year college or trade school in Michigan.

To request an application packet by e-mail, contact brisfoundation@yahoo.com.

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