http://www.ruffcutsfilmfestival.org 

Service Dogs of Virginia has opened a call for entries to filmmakers 

for its first annual Ruff Cuts Film Festival –

 a festival of short films celebrating man’s best friend. 

With both a matinee and evening series planned, this one-day festival is slated for 
June 28th, 2014 at the Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center on the grounds of
 Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. 


For well over a decade, Service Dogs of Virginia has been dedicated to training dogs for people
 with disabilities across the Commonwealth and providing the dogs at virtually no cost. 
They receive no government funding and raise all the money to care for and train their dogs through
 private donations and foundation grants. It costs approximately $38,000 to raise and train one dog
 for two years. 

For more information on Service Dogs of Virginia please visit http://www.servicedogsva.org 

Proceeds from sponsorships and ticket sales will provide funding for raising and training dogs that 
are placed into one of three program areas: physical assistance, autism service and diabetic alert.

 For more information on Ruff Cuts Film Festival please visit http://www.ruffcutsfilmfestival.org