ABOUT US
2025-26 Troutman Ruritan Officers
President - Mariah Johnson
Vice-President - Kim Boorse
Secretary - April Hudson
Treasurer - Debbie Altomare
Board of Directors - Debbie Page,
Arlene Rooney, Rhonda Wade
President - Mariah Johnson
Vice-President - Kim Boorse
Secretary - April Hudson
Treasurer - Debbie Altomare
Board of Directors - Debbie Page,
Arlene Rooney, Rhonda Wade
ABOUT RURITAN
Ruritan National Pledge
Ruritans pledge to support
Urban and
Rural communities
In
Times of stress
And
Need through Fellowship, Goodwill, and Community Service.
Ruritans pledge to support
Urban and
Rural communities
In
Times of stress
And
Need through Fellowship, Goodwill, and Community Service.
WHAT IS RURITAN?
Ruritan National, a civic organization made up of local clubs in urban areas, small towns, and rural communities, has nearly 25,000 members throughout the United States who 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's purpose is to create better understanding among people. Through volunteer community service, members seek to 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 open to all. Unlike most civic service organizations, Ruritan surveys the needs of its own community and then works to meet some of those needs. Nearly all clubs work locally with organizations serving youth. |
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HISTORY
The first Ruritan Club was chartered May 21, 1928, in Holland, Virginia. Since then, Ruritan has grown to become a leading community service organization in the United States. Tom Downing of Suffolk, Virginia, and Jack Gwaltney of Holland, Virginia, were 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. 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), with both pertaining to rural and small town life. |