Allow me to bless your souls with a shameless plug for my local radio club/association...
The Fauquier Amateur Radio Association is located in Warrenton, VA and meets twice a month. Formal club meetings are held every second Thursday of the month in Warrenton, VA. There is also a "Breakfast at the Bistro" event every last Saturday of the month, where we eat breakfast together and share our ham stories, and just have fun hanging out. If you want to become a member, please apply on the FARA website, which can be found here:
Fauquier Amateur Radio Association
FARA also hosts weekly network events on the Warrenton Repeater every Wednesday and Sunday nights at 8PM. Configure your VHF radios to:
Frequency/Tone: 147.165(+), FM PL 167.9 Hz
Do not set your receiving PL tone (R-CTCSS), as the organization turns it off due to interference issues. In order to transmit, you will have to set the T-CTCSS to 167.9.