Abingdon Ruritan Club

Fellowship – Goodwill – Community Service

Seafood Festival

Banquet Rental

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 COMING!

The Abingdon Ruritan Club is proud to announce the Fall Seafood Festival where food will be delicious, parking is free, and the music is magical.  It will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 3-8 pm on the Festival Grounds located at 8784 Guinea Road, Hayes, VA 23072.  Tickets will go on sale to Club Members on August 2 and to the public on August 11 for $75 from Ruritan Club members and at the following locations:  Hogge Real Estate, 6800 Main Street, Gloucester; Milk Panda, 2268 York Crossing Drive, Hayes; Whitley’s Peanuts, 1977 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes; Weatherwax Insurance Agency, 4435 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes; and Edward Jones Financial Advisors, 2922 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes. Tickets may be purchased also online at https://www.abingdonruritanclub.com/seafood-festival/ for $80.  Customers who purchase tickets online will receive an email informing them their order (number of tickets) has been received and that the tickets will be mailed to them in 2-3 days.  The customer is also advised to follow-up if tickets have not been received within 2-3 weeks so that any ticket issues can be resolved as quickly as possible before the festival begins.  Although tickets are scheduled to be available for purchase August 11 through October 6, the event may sell out before October 6.  Once all tickets have been sold out, the “Buy Tickets” button will automatically be removed from the website.  Suggest customers purchase tickets early to avoid disappointment.  Tidewater Drive is the Band returning after a few festivals and promises again to have the best dance music around.  This Fundraiser allows the Club to make donations totaling over $100,000 each year to support community needs. 

Shown in the photo are from left Mark Bradford, Co-Chair of the Festival, Jimmy Leiffer, 2026 Festival Chair and Antonio Donald, President of the Abingdon Ruritan Club.  Not shown is Co-Chair David Onesty.  They are already working hard to ensure this Festival will be your best ever! Please go to the Seafood Festival page for full details.

Banquet Rental

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Seafood Festival

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Festival Grounds Rental

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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.

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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

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2026 Board Officers

Antonio Donald

President

David Bowles

Vice President

Dianne Woolley

Secretary

Ann Dugas

Treasurer

2026 Abingdon Ruritan Club Board of Directors and Club Officers

Pictured front row, left to right: Dianne Woolley, Club Secretary; Antonio Donald, Chairman of the Board and Club President; David Bowles, Club Vice President; Ann Dugas, Club Treasurer; and Tony Dziadul, Past President, 1 Term; Second row, left to right: Mike Crandall, Director; Gene Midkiff, Director; Doug Johnson, Director; John Snyder, Director; and Betsy Tuttle, Director.

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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