Brad Knowland, owner of Klickitat based Big Dipper Highlands Ranch, has teamed up with Dr. Dawna-Marie Fixott, owner of Redmond Family Medicine, to help supply quality meat products to p:ear, a Portland organization that works with homeless and transitional youth.
Dr. Fixott has volunteered to purchase a pig each year and pay for the butchering costs, while Knowland has agreed to deliver the meat to Portland.
The 181 pound pig will be used as part of p:ear's food program, part of their personal approach to helping homeless and transitional teenagers ages 15 to 25.
"Sharing food demonstrates care and affection while providing a basic necessity," said Dr. Fixott on the newly established relationship.
p:ear's food program helps feed over 350 young people each year, which the organization uses as a means of establishing long-lasting and supportive relationships with the youth.
Beth Burns, executive director at p:ear was enthusiastic about the new partnership and its benefits for p:ear kids. "Direct relationships with local businesses, like Big Dipper Highlands Ranch and Redmond Family Medicine," Burns noted, "help connect local businesses to a global issue on a personal level."
With an estimated 3,000 homeless youth in Portland, 350 of those youth receive services from p:ear each year. Along with the food program, p:ear utilizes education, art, and recreation to help provide youth with a positive environment that establishes relationships to support the transition off the streets.
Knowland has run Big Dipper Highlands Ranch in Klickitat since 2002. The ranch sells beef, pork, and lamb meat products. Knowland is also the Klickitat Fire Chief.
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