BCWC Welcomes New AmeriCorps Service Member and Barnstable High School Intern AmeriCorps Member Spotlight: Barnstable High School Intern Spotlight: Tom Bedard Lucas Tadim Tom is a 26-year-old AmeriCorps member who A senior in Barnstable High School’s will be spending the next 10 months serving with Environmental Science & Technology pathway Barnstable Clean Water Coalition. He is from program, Lucas grew up and lives in Hyannis nearby Fairhaven and recently graduated from with his mom. He is always trying to find a way the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with to get involved and give back to the community. a bachelor’s degree in biology and concentration This includes Lucas’s work with Best Buddies and in marine sciences. Tom wanted to serve with the Community Empowerment and Leadership BCWC given his academic background and life Club, which involves helping people with special experiences around water that inspired him to needs, along with raising money for the homeless take a step further and put all that knowledge community and local food banks. He was to use to help the community. He looks forward interested in interning at BCWC as another way to serving with BCWC to improve local waters to help the local community and environment. and help keep those waters clean for future Lucas plans on attending Florida Atlantic generations to come. Tom hopes to use the University next fall where he will major in experience he gains from BCWC and AmeriCorps computer science. When not working at a local to work on conserving habitats ranging from restaurant to save money for college, marshlands to forests. In his free time, Tom enjoys he enjoys playing video games in his free time. spending time with his family and three dogs. 14 | Barnstable Clean Water Coalition | Fall/Winter 2025 BCleanWater.org