Press Releases
Ben Jaime, Community Relations Manager of Xcel Energy, presents Carol Hammond, Lea County Commission for the Arts, a grant of $3000 from Xcel Energy Foundation for the purchase of an ELMO all-in-one classroom cart for use with both youth and adult classes held at the Center for the Arts. It includes a document camera linked to a LCD projector that projects an image onto a screen for the classroom to see. The equipment will allow the teacher give an exceptional visual presentation. The Center for the Arts is located at 122 W Broadway in downtown Hobbs. (October 2011)
December 19, 2009, Hobbs News Sun announcement of the Lea County Commission for the Arts fundraising efforts for renovation of the Center for the Arts.
See Hobbs News Sun announcement in PDF format
Carol Hammond, Director of the Center for the Arts, accepts a donation of $1,000 from Xcel Energy Foundation to Lea County Commission for the Arts from Ben Jaime, Community Relations Manager for Xcel Energy. (November 2009)
Lea County Commission for the Arts has been selected by the R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation, Ruidoso, New Mexico, to receive a grant of $3,000 in response to a request to the Foundation’s Southeast New Mexico Grant Program. (November 2009)
