Adam Dias Receives American Lighthouse Foundation 2023 Volunteer Award
Riverside resident Adam Dias was recently honored with an American Lighthouse Foundation (ALF) 2023 Len Hadley Volunteer Award at the Foundation’s annual gala in Kennebunkport, Maine in November.
Adam joined Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse in 2014, while still a teenager. An active member of the work party crew, he took responsibility for maintaining the grounds outside the perimeter fence, and helped with routine maintenance, removing debris, mowing the lawn and painting. In 2020 he took over as editor of the volunteer group’s newsletter, Pomham Glow. Two years later he became a First Mate for the Friends’ passenger launch, Lady Pomham II. He also serves as a museum docent for lighthouse tours and cashier in the lighthouse gift shop.
In 2023, Adam was voted a Member-at-Large of the Friends’ Board of Directors. An accountant with a recent bachelor’s degree in economics and minor in business, he stepped in as assistant treasurer of Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse when needed, and has since been elected treasurer.
Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse is a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation.