PHOTO RELEASE — Newport News Shipbuilding Welcomes Family to New Habitat for Humanity Home
August 25 2020 - 3:30PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding
division is celebrating the completion of the 18th home its
volunteers built in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity
Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg.
Due to coronavirus (COVID-19), elected officials and community
leaders were not able to hold a ribbon-cutting event to formally
dedicate the traditional ranch-style home in the city’s Southeast
community. Instead, Donnika Stewart and her two children met
privately with a Habitat staff member to receive their keys. They
moved into their new home last week.
“We are proud to have helped build this home for the Stewart
family,” said Chris Miner, Newport News’ vice president of
in-service aircraft carrier programs. “Building a Habitat home,
much like building a ship, is no small task. Finishing a home
during a pandemic was truly a labor of love and a memorable project
for all of those involved.”
The three-bedroom home was built on 28th Street on land donated
to Habitat for Humanity by the Newport News Redevelopment and
Housing Authority.
“This has been such a rewarding experience for me and a
wonderful example to set for my children,” Stewart said. “They have
seen that with perseverance, hard work, and dedication, you can
make anything happen. I am actually looking forward to paying a
mortgage instead of paying rent. Thanks to Newport News
Shipbuilding and all of the volunteers who helped make this
possible.”
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file/habitat-humanity-home-2020.
Habitat for Humanity partners with area families, local
government, businesses, faith groups, schools, associations and
individual volunteers and donors to build and renovate affordable
homes for sale to qualifying families. Newport News Shipbuilding
has worked with the organization to build homes for families in the
community since 2002.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned
systems, defense and federal solutions, and nuclear and
environmental services. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia,
HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both domestically and
internationally. For more information, visit:
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Contact:
Duane BourneDuane.A.Bourne@HII-co.com(757) 380-3581
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