Burkeville Ruritan Club

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Burkeville Ruritan Club

We are a local organization dedicated to helping our community since October of 1938. WHAT IS RURITAN?

Ruritan National has nearly 30,000 members throughout the United States, that work to improve more than 1,100 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. Ruritan's purpose is to creat

e 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. Unlike most civic service organizations, Ruritan rarely has national programs. Rather, each club surveys its own community as to the needs of that community and then works to meet some of those needs. Nearly all clubs work locally with FFA, 4-H and other organizations serving youth. Nearly one in every three Ruritan clubs sponsors a Boy or Girl Scout unit. HISTORY

The first Ruritan Club was chartered May 21, 1928, in Holland, Virginia. Since that first club, Ruritan has grown throughout the United States of America, and in doing so, has become "America’s Leading Community Service Organization." Tom Downing of Suffolk, Virginia, and Jack Gwaltney of Holland, Virginia, are known as the co-founders of Ruritan. Gwaltney and Downing recognized the need for an organization where community leaders could meet and discuss ways to make their community a better place in which to live. The name "Ruritan" was suggested by Daisy Nurney, a reporter for the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot newspaper, and the club’s charter members unanimously adopted "Ruritan" as the organization’s name. The word is a combination of the Latin words for open country "ruri" and small town "tan," interpreted as pertaining to rural and small town life.

08/15/2025

Burkeville Ruritan Club held its August meeting at Crewe Dine In on Monday evening August 11, 2025.
Our guest speaker, pictured above, Katie Martin Deer-Bear-Turkey Biologists with Department of Wildlife Resources of Virginia. Katie presented us with a very informative presentation on Bears in Nottoway County. She shared many interesting facts, Number of bears in Nottoway and surrounding counties total about 3500. The number of bears killed in Nottoway are 35 so far in 2025 and 45 in 2024. Bears are really not mean but very curious, and are similar to Big Raccoons can smell food miles away. They like to eat household trash, bird and sunflower seed and love corn from farmers fields. They usually mate early May or June each year and once their cubs are born, they keep them close by for several months and sort of “kick them out” at about 18 months old. Our members really enjoyed her presentation and hope she’ll visit us again in the future.
(Ronnie Armes )

08/11/2025

Katie Martin with Virginia wildlife resources came out and gave us a very informative program on bears in virginia.come on out and join us. Message if you are interested in becoming a member

05/26/2025

Rest in peace soldiers,warriors, members of the armed service who fought for our freedoms and never returned. God bless their souls and their family. We love in a free country but that has came at a price to mN family's . Family's of every race,gender,and creed. Alleviated for one purpose to protect us. God bless the ones who lost loved ones best friends,fathers and mothers. Thank you brave warriors. I'm proud of these brave men and women. Today when you have your cookouts praise God for these souls these people who never knew you but loved you enough to die for you. Only person I know who is better than these heros is Jesus Christ my lord and savior may he bless you all.

02/27/2024

Please get your applications in. We love helping our local schools.

02/13/2024

Photo By Ronnie Armes
>> The Burkeville Ruritan Club at its February 12, 2024 Meeting welcomed Daniel Jordon,mayor Edward Graham The Manager of The High Bridge Trail State Park. The trail was once a rail bed extending from Pamplin to Burkeville and established in 2006. The Trail crosses High Bridge, one of the longest recreational bridges in the US, expanding more than 2400 feet long and 125 feet above the Appomattox River. Future plans will complete this 31 mile Trail at The Town of Burkeville , hopefully in the near future.

10/31/2023

Hello friends. We just thought we would share the local events going on in the community. Please take your kids out and have fun. If you're interested in becoming part of something good in the community please contact us. We would love to have you at our next meeting God bless and have a great day.

10/19/2023

Looking for a few folks interested in becoming members. We have decided to try to grow in 2024. In order to grow we need community minded individuals.please consider coming to a meeting and seeing what we do. For many years we had many great events such as the Crewe chicken festival which was co hosted by other clubs. Over the years we have done various fundraisers and given many scholarships to deserving Nottoway county students as well as many donations to organizations like Christmas mother and the Alms House. If interested please reach out so we can plan for you to join us at the December meeting.

10/13/2023

The Burkeville Ruritan Club, during its regular meeting on October 9, 2023 featured three of its longest standing members. Left to right, John Jenkins with 51 years, Center, Joe Morrissete, 54 years and Irving Arnold 51 years.
Joe Is holding the original Burkeville Ruritan Charter, dated October 28, 1938, celebrating 85 years of our club

10/11/2023

At our regular meeting on October 9, 2023 Jackie Zataweski, President of The Burkeville Ruritan Club, accepts a A Certificate Of Honor from Juliann Poff, Ruritan National Director in Recognition of Our 85TH Anniversary Organized on October 28, 1938.
Submitted by Ronnie Armes

05/24/2022

We would like to thank Bravo Italian Grill and everyone who came out to show support for our organization. God bless you all.

Address

503 Namozine Street
Burkeville, VA
23922

Website

http://WWW.ruritan.org/

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