🔒Pratt & Whitney helps carry Special Olympics torch

Pratt & Whitney employee Alice Straight led a Pratt-sponsored team and completed a half-mile leg with her daughter Nicola, a Special Olympian from Meriden, and Nicola's two friends, Yasmin Rancourt and Athena Lapointe, in the first-ever Special Olympics Unified Relay Across America. The Unified Relay included the Flame of Hope, which the Pratt & Whitney team helped carry through Connecticut. The Flame of Hope will be relayed across the United States and eventually reach California in time for the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles. Pratt & Whitney is a long-time supporter of Special Olympics, providing more than 38 consecutive years of volunteer support to Special Olympics programs in Connecticut.