Our Mission:

Established in 1953, the Burkittsville Ruritan Club is dedicated to promoting goodwill, fellowship, and community service. We welcome all people who want to better their community to join us in achieving this mission.

Schedule of Meetings:

The Burkittsville Ruritan Club meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month (excluding July and December) at 6:30 pm. 

​The Board of Directors meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm.

Upcoming Events:

​Thank you for all of your support in 2024. On behalf of the members of the Burkittsville Ruritan Club and Ladies Auxiliary, we wish you happy holidays! 

Our next event will be a Country Butchering and Breakfast on January 8-11, 2025. Volunteers are needed to help cut up meat on Wednesday, January 8, and to prepare sausage, pudding, and fill orders on Thursday, January 9. Orders must be placed in advance by Saturday, January 4, 2025, by calling Randy or Gary Huffer at (301-371-7795). Orders may be picked up at the Ruritan on Friday, January 10 between 8am and 5pm or Saturday, January 11, between 8am and noon. 

Click here to download an order form >>

A Country Breakfast will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2025, between 6am and 10am. The menu will include pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, pudding, hominy, coffee, orange juice, milk, and water. Admission is all-you-can-eat, $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children (12 and under).

The Burkittsville Ruritan Club and Ladies Auxiliary
​thank everyone for their support of our annual fundraisers!

What is Ruritan?

     Ruritan is a civic organization whose objectives include creating a greater understanding between rural and urban people on the problems of each as well as on their mutual problems and working with those agencies which serve the community and contribute directly to its progress.  It is similar to the service organizations of the cities but designed to meet the needs of rural people and rural communities.
     Ruritan was founded in 1928 in Holland, Virginia, where it has grown from the Tidewater area of Virginia to the foot hills of the Rockies:  from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and in doing so, has become the largest rural civic organization in America.