WELCOME TO THE SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI SERVICE DOG TRAINING CENTER

Saint Francis of Assisi Service Dog Foundation purchased the property formerly known as Lakeland Stables in Roanoke County in 2002. Saint Francis offices are located at the Center and currently Saint Francis is raising funds to build state of the art kennels to house service dogs in training.

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(updated 9/28/05)

A Roanoke, Virginia – based 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, Saint Francis of Assisi Service Dog Foundation was established for the purposes of:

1. raising, training and placing service dogs
2. encouraging people with physical and/or emotional disabilities to become more independent and self-sufficient through their partnership with service dogs
3. promoting the use and acceptance of service dogs through puclic and professional education.

Founded in 1996, Saint Francis of Assisi Service Dog Foundation once operated out of donated space – churches, private homes, any location where space could be “borrowed” for the training of future service dogs. Grants and donations from private citizens, corporations, institutions and other foundations allowed Saint Francis to purchase property offering plenty of growing room to accommodate present and future needs.

Just off of Interstate 81 near Roanoke, Virginia, the Training Center is conveniently located for out-of-town guests. Once fully developed, the Training Center will permit Saint Francis of Assisi Service Dog Foundation to place at least twenty-five dogs per year. This means that at any given time, there will be one hundred dogs at some stage of training in the program!

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