Hobbs Campaign for Grade-Level Reading: Creating more hopeful futures for children Elizabeth Wieser/JF Maddox Foundation Marie, a third-grade student, sat at her desk and watched her classmates’ hands shoot up when her teacher asked for a volunteer to read the next page of the book they were reading together. She looked down hoping no one would notice her hand was …

For the News-Sun The JF Maddox Foundation has announced TJ Parks, former superintendent of the Hobbs Municipal Schools, will become the foundation’s interim CEO. The foundation’s current CEO, Ray Caraway, announced his retirement in July. Parks will begin his new role on Sept.1, 2022, prior to the departure of Caraway later in the month. TJ s exemplary career in public …

The JF Maddox Foundation announced that its CEO, Ray Caraway, will retire in September. As CEO, Caraway has led the foundation in its efforts to make impactful grants in Lea County such as an endowment grant of $5 million to the Career and Technical Education Center of Hobbs which provides funding to secure CTECH’s long-term financial future. Caraway also oversaw …

Ray Caraway can’t stop smiling. He loves his new job. He loves his new work family. He loves his new community. He loves smiling. And everyone involved with the JF Maddox Foundation loves his passion. Caraway became CEO of the JF Maddox Foundation in September following the retirement of Bob Reid, another man filled with passion for family and community, who worked for the foundation for …