Abingdon Ruritan Club (ARC) fights cancer. For example, there is a small hut located adjacent to the back parking lot at the Club. Club members and others deposit aluminum cans for recycling. Club member Allen Scale empties the hut at least twice a month and carries the cans to the Gloucester Area Recycling Center located at the Gloucester Moose Lodge for ultimate transport to the Recycling Center in Hampton, Virginia. The money from the recycling is given to the Gloucester Giving Garden Foundation which provides financial assistance to cancer patients who reside in Gloucester or Mathews County. In addition, ARC gives an annual $3000 monetary donation to the Foundation. Shown in the photo below is Allen Scales presenting the check to Foundation member Heather P. Smith in front of the hut.
