Melody Lacy, fund raiser, fun raiser, entrepreneur
My Favorite Project: People Paddle
The People Paddle fundraisers are like walk-a-thons, but in kayaks!
The second best thing about People Paddle, after the paddling, is the software which enables the donors to direct 85% of their money directly to the charity of their choice from a wide selection of participating non-profit groups.
The entire cost of the race, insurance, equipment, supplies, safety personnel, food and all comes in under 15% because you were generous with your in-kind donations and sponsorships and volunteered a lot of time.
Click here for a news article about People Paddle in the San Francisco Sentinel
Maggie in my boat, the Twilight Drifter
San Francisco Marina
These are my grandsons, Calum and Connor in red, making funny faces last January at Lake Tahoe
Connor is 10 and Calum is almost 7.
Calum's first lost tooth at Todai Restaurant, Daly City, April 28, 2007
This is the last picture taken of Maggie who passed away June 8th, 2007 at 3:15 pm.
Maggie in the leaves
Maggie was such a good girl! I wish I had a picture of her carrying her back pack. I never carried groceries or trash or laundry as long as Maggie lived! She made me feel safe and secure and hauled my heavy loads.
My lifestyle was better with Maggie!
The skulls of a Wolf, a Coyote and a Fox, for size comparison
Maggie was between the wolf and coyote size at 53 pounds.
Maggie hiding under the bed.. Looking Soooo Scared, and very cute!
Maggie on the Port berth/settee of the Twilight Drifter
Looking like a deer caught in the headlights!
Her front paws are gripping the settee because of the rocking of the boat.
A Sand Hill Crane looking cold in Brisbane Marina
Dinosaur carrot cake made and decorated with all natural things..
The decorations are made with peanut butter, chocolate, cream cheese and grape jelly.
All very natural except for those red nails and lips!
Grandson Connor Lacy's birthday cake
Maggie walking. It is very hard to take pictures of Maggie. She is terribly camera shy. This picture was taken from a long way away.
Grandma Melody is in there somewhere...
Also pictured are my ex, my plumber, my massage therapist, my doctor and my teacher as well as many of my friends.
Here is a link to Chris's school, but please ask me about it before you go there: United States Wing Chun
Before you read my resume, I would like to make a little side note, something that's called an "advocacy statement":
I had a fabulous career going and made a lot of money doing high tech electro-mechanical repairs to printing and graphic arts equipment. I both saved up a good deal of cash and bought top quality used equipment for very low prices while I worked eleven years for Eastman Kodak company. Then in 1986, along with two partners, I opened a copy and print shop called Copy Rose. Copy Rose was a growing and very stylish store. Then one summer day in 1989, after I had finally become sole owner, some weird guy who had only been out of prison for 17 days decided to come into the store and attacked my daughter and I with an ax. I have not been quite the same since. Because I was under-insured, all my money and my business were gone in a matter of weeks. It has taken me a long time to recover, which I am not embarrassed to say. The last 17 years I have worked at a series of short term positions that have allowed me to have a series of surgeries. I should be recovered to a good level of productivity again by this winter and am eager to rejoin the work force permanently and full time. Please read my resume keeping in mind that the best in this resume is what is last, rather than the transition jobs you see most recently.
Melody Lacy
Mailing Address:
221 Green Street
Martinez, CA 94553
Email: mlacy853@hotmail.com
415-756-9671
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a Project Management position with a progressive and socially responsible organization.
SKILLS:
Extensive Business Development, Marketing, Research, Writing, Proposal Development, Communication, and Management experience, particularly with grant and loan proposals and budgets. Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, MS Publisher, and Outlook. PC system maintenance skills using Norton system tools. Highly proficient with Google using boolean strings. Perform troubleshooting and maintenance of MS Internet Explorer. Development skills in Symantec's ACT! contact management product.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Various Contract Positions 1999-Present
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Consultant and Contractor
- Event Coordinator of the People Paddle, a fundraiser organized like a walk-a-thon, but in kayaks. Largest group of kayaks ever assembled in San Francisco. Two events raised $33,ooo dollars so far. Next People Paddle, planned for April 2008, is expected to raise $100,000 dollars to benefit 21 charities.
- Event Co-Coordinator for the South Beach Mission Bay Block Party. I managed permits and insurance for this event involving booths and displays representing 40 groups. I earned a Certificate of Honor signed by every member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for my service. Touted as the "Neighborhood that Knows How" in news articles about the event. Here is the news clip: South Beach Mission Bay Block Party
- Rear Commodore, Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors. When I joined BAADS they had three boats, $2,500 dollars in the bank and an insurance bill due the following month for $4,000 dollars. Today BAADS has American President Lines and the Saint Francis Yacht Club as funding partners, plenty of money and 12 boats. The program has grown to three days a week and is still growing.
- Personal Assistant to an incredibly intelligent woman who has senior onset ADHD. The reference letter she wrote on my behalf describes many of my office and technical skills.
- Database Developer for a dermatological research clinic for patient/subject records and business development using ACT! Contact Management software.
- Sales Booster Contract at an Art and Craft Gallery as Marketing Consultant. Trained staff with various sales techniques to sell jewelry, there by reducing sluggish back overstock of costume jewelry from a quarter million dollars to under fifty thousand in only a couple of months. All sold at near retail.
Psychic Eye Bookshop 1995-1997
San Francisco, CA
Store Manager
- Hired and trained staff.
- Received company’s highest sales award two years in a row.
- Implemented an inventory system from scratch, which finally contained more than fifty thousand book titles into a database using Poets Bookstore Management Software.
General Employment 1992-1994
San Francisco, CA
Technical Recruiter
- Responsible for client business development, utilizing various methods such as: cold calling, networking, and attending conferences and mixers.
- Sourced qualified Technical and Management candidates for high end Fortune 1000 and Start-Up hardware/software/firmware companies.
- Negotiated contracts with clients as well as salary and benefits for candidates.
Electrotec Services 1989-1992
San Francisco, CA
Imaging Systems Engineer
- Bench technician and telephone technical support for field service repair personnel.
- Created an inventory system to manage used parts which grew to contain many thousands of line items using MS Excel. This system organized the parts into a logical physical order in a warehouse as well as a database.
Copy Rose Printing 1985-1989
San Francisco, CA
Store Owner and Manager
- Created and managed this leading edge copy and print business that specialized in book publishing, business marketing materials, and other high end graphics. Business also offered high tech equipment repairs and refurbishing services.
- Grew Sales from nothing to over a quarter million dollars by the next year with continuing rapid growth to $1.2 Million four years later.
- Responsible for all business development, resulting in a repeat client base of over 500 companies. Crafted targeted marketing strategies and marketing materials.
- Recruited and trained all employees. Implemented team building activities and programs resulting in long term and high caliber professional staff.
- Designed the layout of the store using process engineering technique as the structured methodology for designing the most efficient use of space and steps.
- Responsible for all Financial Planning, Management, and Bookkeeping, including: A/R, A/P, G/L, and Payroll.
- Created an art gallery on the 22 foot high walls able to operate in the same space as the printing business which resulted in free weekly advertising for the business in the art gallery calendar of the San Francisco Chronicle’s “Pink Section”.
Eastman Kodak 1975-1986
San Francisco, CA
Field Engineer
- Repaired and sold high-speed industrial imaging equipment for this Fortune 33 leader in the Imaging market requiring mechanical, electronic, pneumatic and chemical knowledge or expertise.
- Equipment repairs performed on industrial high speed copiers, laser print heads for web presses, roller transport graphic arts equipment, plate cameras, IBM MF3 output devices such as high speed document management systems and microfilm printers and repaired various medical equipment such as x-ray cameras, developers and cutters, as well as the Ektachem blood analyzer.
- Performed on site service calls for an average of 6.3 clients/per. day, an average higher by 4.3 client visits than the companies average Field Technician.
- Won several awards for the highest average number of images between service calls in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.
- Promoted to Technical Resource Person of a six technician team. Responsible for resolving all technical issues that individual team members could not find solutions to.
- Promoted from Technician to Field Engineer in 1983.
EDUCATION:
San Francisco Foundation Center
San Francisco, CA
Fundraising Certificate
Proposal Budgeting Certificate
Grant Writing Certificate
Financial Planning for Non-Profits Certificate
Berkeley Extension
Berkeley, CA
Human Resources Series
San Francisco Community College
San Francisco, CA
Business Machine Technology Certificate, AE equivalent
