Builders League of South Jersey announces 2011-2012 scholarships available for area students

Feb. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Cherry Hill, N.J.  – The Builders League of South Jersey Scholarship Foundation has announced scholarships are now available for area students for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year. Scholarships, ranging up to $2,000 will be awarded to students from southern New Jersey who will be matriculating in an accredited, post-secondary school and pursuing a course of study related to real estate and the construction industry.

The Foundation was funded with a donation from the Home Builders Foundation, a community service entity established by the Builders League in 1956 to help area residents in need, and by special donations from Builders League members. Since 1995, the Scholarship Foundation has awarded more than $111,093 to area students.

“The speed in which technology changes is rapidly changing the homebuilding industry, from the products we use to the services homeowners need to maintain their home,” said Builders League of South Jersey President Mitchell Zbik. “Homebuilding is many industries combined. As such, companies are looking for workers trained in the newest technologies. Trade schools and colleges are all responding to the growth in Green Building and alternative energies.

Applicants must live in or attend school in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Cape May or Atlantic counties. Studies may be undertaken in qualified trade school programs as well as junior and four-year college university programs, according to BLSJ Scholarship Foundation President Susan Schaeffer. Students who are enrolled in programs part-time are also eligible.

Study fields may include, but are not limited to, air conditioning, plumbing and heating technology, architecture, civil engineering, construction management, CAD drafting, landscape architecture, real estate marketing, business, law and surveying.

Scholarships will be awarded in the form of a tuition payment directly to the institution of higher education. Students may reapply for the scholarship each year, as long as they continue their course of study.

Applications for the scholarship program are available on the Builders League website at www.blsj.com, from school guidance programs, or by visiting scholarship-based websites including www.fastweb.com and www.scholarships.com. The deadline for applications is April 8, 2011.  

Scholarship winners will be announced in May. For more information contact the Builders League at (856) 616-8460.

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The Builders League of South Jersey is a housing industry trade association of builders, developers, remodelers, suppliers, subcontractors, lenders, consulting professionals and others involved in the construction of new homes in southern New Jersey.