Northrop Grumman Celebrates 20 Years
of Successful Holiday Food Drives

Northrop Grumman Engineer William McLaughlin pushes a cart filled with food donated by an engineering department at Northrop Grumman Newport News. Higher Resolution Image Northrop Grumman Employee Mark Ronquillo loads food to be taken to the FoodBank of the Virginia Peninsula. Higher Resolution Image Photos by John Whalen

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Dec. 18, 2006 – Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Newport News sector, the United Steelworkers (Local 8888), the International Association of Fire Fighters (Local I-45) and the International Union, Security, Police, Fire Professionals of America (Local 451), joined together for the sector’s 20th annual holiday food drive. Shipbuilders donated close to 7000 pounds of non-perishable food items and made monetary contributions totaling over $2,500 to benefit the FoodBank of the Virginia Peninsula.

“This year’s food drive was very successful because of the efforts of our employees,” said Brenda Roth, community relations coordinator at Northrop Grumman Newport News. “Our goal is to have continued success each year, with the ability to help more people than we helped the year before.”

The food drive was held Nov. 20 through Dec. 8. Collection boxes were placed inside designated buildings, warehouses, piers, docks and trailers. Monetary donations were accepted for the purchase of perishable food items such as meat, dairy, fruits and vegetables.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30 billion global defense and technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers worldwide.