HII raises $20K for Special Olympics

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division raised $20,000 for Special Olympics of Mississippi at the company’s seventh annual “5K on the Causeway.” The race was held Sept. 29 on Singing River Island. More than 900 runners registered for the race. This year’s top male and female shipbuilders were Adam and Amanda Whitaker, a married couple who have worked at Ingalls for a combined 25 years. The overall 5K winner was Josh Pittman of Ocean Springs. Each 5K winner received a medal hand-designed by Special Olympics athletes. In May, Ingalls donated $5,000 to athletes at the 2018 Special Olympics of Mississippi Summer Games, which were held at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss. (Source: HII 10/02/18)