NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Glenn Norcutt retired more than a year ago.
But the former Newport News shipyard employee is not sitting still.
You can find the 47-year veteran of the shipyard, not far from his old job, picking up trash in the Huntington Heights community along Warwick Boulevard.
How did this start?
"Well, just when I retired, I started walking, just to get my exercise in and I just didn't, just couldn't stand to see all the trash laying on the yards," Norcutt said. "Well, it normally averages anywhere from 4 to 5 bags, grocery bags every day."
Norcutt said the neighbors are very appreciative.
"Oh yeah. A lot of them come out and thank me for doing it. They're glad I'm doing it," he said.
Along the way, he's found other things besides trash.
"I do two-and-a-half miles at least every day. I found credit cards, found three credit cards, about eight gift cards, two driver's licenses. If I can find the people, I give it back," he said. Found two cell phones—one of them was a shipyard guy's cell phone and it worked. His wife called the phone and so I answered it. told her where I lived. So he came by that afternoon and picked his phone up."
He hopes people who see him driving by, do their part.
"Well, I hope they'll quit throwing so much out here on the road," he said.
For how Norcutt is consistently doing his part to clean up this Newport News community, News 3 presented him with an Everyday Hero award, along with a $300 Visa gift card from our community partner Southern Bank.
