Newport News Shipbuilding employees are volunteering to clean up several areas to commemorate Earth Day. Crews will clean up in front of the shipyard gates (from 37th to 50th streets), the Huntington Park beachfront, Oakland Industrial Park, Oyster Point Industrial Park, Bldg. 600 and the Newport News Green Foundation’s Sarfan Food Forest.

The cleanup will take place from 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, April 22, with a rain date of Tuesday, April 23. The Bldg. 600 cleanup and flower planting will be from 12-1 p.m. Monday, April 22, with a rain date of Tuesday, April 23. Volunteers will meet at their corresponding site location and check in with their site coordinator.

Volunteers receive a 2024 Earth Day certificate, T-shirt, cloth bag, other Earth Day goodies and the chance to win a raffle prize (must be present to win). Volunteers also are welcome to meet at Coastal Fermentory after the cleanup for a 10% Earth Day discount.

Sign up on the Earth Day website on MyNNS. Volunteers also are asked to email a completed NNS Model Release form to Nicole Lawrence (O27). For more information, contact Nicole Lawrence at 757-688-3159 or via email.

Earth Day Coloring Contest

This year, the NNS Earth Day Coloring Contest is for children ages 4-17 to draw and color their favorite aquatic animal to be considered for placement onto NNS’ new storm drain stickers. Kids can choose to draw their favorite fish, crab or other aquatic animal to remind shipbuilders what they are protecting by keeping our drains to the river clean. All entries must use the NNS coloring contest 2024 circle or rectangle template provided, and the form must be filled out completely for your child’s artwork to be considered. There will be a winner selected from each age group – 4-10 and 11-18 – on April 22. All winners will receive a 2024 Earth Day T-shirt and ​certificate. Send all artwork to Nicole Lawrence, Bldg. 79-1/Room 108, 4101 Washington Ave., Newport News, VA 23607, by April 19. For more information, call 757- 688-3159.