Virginia "Ginny" Tew, SSGT USAF, Retired, served 12 years as a Chapel Management Specialist in the United States Air Force.  At Maxwell Air Force Base Chapel she was the first senior airman to manage both Protestant and Catholic Non--appropriated Funds.  Numerouus contributions earned her nominations for the 1981 Air University Military Citizen of the Year and the 1982 Outstanding Airman of the Year.  Her performance exceeded the norm which moved her to the USAF Chaplain School.  In 1985, Ginny received a pivotal 15-month assignment to establish a chaplains' office in Australia.  She returned to the US receiving her chosen place at Lackland AFB Basic Training Chapel; and as NCOIC of the "1986 Operation Home Cooking Thanksgiving Day" project, she organized and implemented improvements that made it the first successful year of no lost airmen.  Over the course of her enlisted career, she earned a total of 19 military awards.  Afte retirement, Ginny pursued a BS in Computer Information Systems and graduated Cum Laude from Bentley College and became webmaster at St. Anselm college.  After her second retirement, she volunteered over 1300 hours at the VA Medical Center in Manchester, NH where her timely work was recognized by the Medical Center Director.  Ginny moved to Georgia in 2008 to be closer to her family.  A proud mother of two adult daughters and grandmother of four teenagers; she relocated to Florida to  be closer to her youngest daughter and two grandsons.  She now enjoys a fulfilling retirement surrounded by friends at Colony Cove.