Newport News Shipbuilding employees are volunteering to clean up several areas to commemorate Earth Day on April 22. Crews will clean up in front of the shipyard gates from 37th to 50th streets, the Huntington Park beachfront and Bldg. 600.

The Bldg. 600 cleanup and flower planting will be from noon-1 p.m. with a rain date of Wednesday, April 23. The cleanup for the other areas will take place from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. with a rain date of Wednesday, April 23.

Volunteers will meet at their corresponding site location with their site coordinator and receive a 2025 Earth Day certificate and T-shirt.

Sign up on the Earth Day website on MyNNS. Volunteers also are asked to email a completed NNS Model Release form to Heather Culley.

For more information, contact Heather Culley at 757-688-8409 or via email.​

Meanwhile, get ready for the annual Earth Day coloring contest.

The contest is for all children, ages 4 to 17, of HII employees. This year’s Earth Day coloring contest pages are available on the Earth Day website on MyNNS. For your child’s artwork to be considered, the entry form at the bottom of the coloring page must be filled out completely and sent to Heather Culley. One winner from each age group – ages 4-10 and ages 11-17 – will receive a 2025 Earth Day T-shirt and a special prize.