
Abingdon Ruritan Club
Fellowship – Goodwill – Community Service
WELCOME to Abingdon Ruritan Club’s website. Throughout our web site, you will see some of the things our club is planning and some of the things we have already done. You may click on the various tabs to get more information about specific things such as facility rentals, seafood festivals, scholarships, community service committees, etc. We hope you will visit this site often to see what we have done and what we are doing to serve our community.

Seafood Festival
May 20, 2026
Festival Grounds
8784 Guinea Road, Bena VA
Our Seafood Festivals are held twice yearly on the third Wednesday of May and on the third Wednesday of October. Festival hours are from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. Gates open at 2:00 p.m. but no food or beverages is served until after the playing of our national anthem at 3:00. (Ruritans love citizenship and patriotism!) Location of the festivals is on our Festival Grounds behind our club building at 8784 Guinea Road, Bena, Virginia
Banquet Room Rental
Have a wedding or reception to plan? Company function to prepare for?
Our banquet room can accommodate large groups, up to 466 for meetings or 350 for dances.


Festival Grounds Rental
Come hold your family reunion, company party or special event on our festival grounds. For more information about renting the festival grounds, please contact the club office at 804-642-9021.
Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry on the Festival Grounds
Latest News and Events
- Abingdon Ruritan Club 2026 OfficersMr. David Thompson, Ruritan National President-elect, installed Abingdon Ruritan Club 2026 Officers and 1 Five-Year Director at the Club’s December… Abingdon Ruritan Club 2026 Officers
- Abingdon Ruritan Club 2025 Ruritan of the Year Award2025 President Dean Marzocca presented the Abingdon Ruritan Club Ruritan of the Year Award to Club Secretary Dianne Woolley. She… Abingdon Ruritan Club 2025 Ruritan of the Year Award
- Outstanding Abingdon Ruritan 2025 Member2026 President Antonio Donald observed a long-standing Club Member who works diligently and quietly when no one is watching. This… Outstanding Abingdon Ruritan 2025 Member
- Harvey Pinned Down Finally to Receive His Award!At the January 12th Abingdon Ruritan Club Membership Meeting, President Antonio Donald presented Harvey Kidd with the 2025 Unsung Hero… Harvey Pinned Down Finally to Receive His Award!
- Abingdon Ruritan Club 5 Gold CertificateRuritan Chesapeake District Zone 4 Governor Don Sandridge presented the Abingdon Ruritan Club 5 Gold Certificates certifying the Club was… Abingdon Ruritan Club 5 Gold Certificate
- National Convention Greenville, South Carolina 2025Seven ARC Voting Delegates represented Abingdon Ruritan Club at the National Convention January 24 and 25 in Greenville, South Carolina. … National Convention Greenville, South Carolina 2025
- Abingdon Ruritan Club Wins Ruritan National Website ContestAbingdon Ruritan Club’s website has been selected as the best in the Ruritan Organization, which consists of about 990 clubs,… Abingdon Ruritan Club Wins Ruritan National Website Contest
- Chesapeake District Ruritan Convention Fort Magruder Hotel and Conference Center in WilliamsburgChesapeake District Ruritan Convention was held in Williamsburg and included memorial services and club awards.

What is a Ruritan?
Ruritan’s purpose is to create a better understanding among people and through volunteer community service, make America’s communities better places in which to live and work. The slogan of Ruritan is “Fellowship, Goodwill and Community Service.” Club membership represents a cross-section of the community in which the club serves, and is not restrictive with regard to occupation, social position, or any other specific criteria.
Ruritan National has nearly 25,000 members throughout the United States, that work to improve more than 900 local communities. Since the organization’s beginning in 1928, Ruritan Clubs have served America with Fellowship, Goodwill, and Community Service. Ruritan is a civic service organization made up of local clubs in urban areas, small towns and rural communities.

ABOUT RURITAN
Ruritan National Vision Statement:
To Create Thriving Communities Across America.
RURITAN NATIONAL PLEDGE
Ruritans pledge to support
Urban and
Rural communities
In
Times of stress
And
Need through Fellowship, Goodwill, and Community Service.
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