Cherry Hill, N.J., February 2, 2007 - The Builders League of South Jersey Scholarship Foundation has announced scholarships are now available for area students for the upcoming 2007-2008 school year. Five scholarships, ranging up to $3,000 each, will be awarded to students who will be matriculating in an accredited, post-secondary school and pursuing a course of study related to real estate and construction.

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.

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 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.

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. In the last six years, the Builders League has awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships to area students.

Applications for the scholarship program are available on the Builders League website at www.blsj.com or from school counseling and guidance programs. The deadline for applications is April 6, 2007. For more information contact the Builders League at (856) 616-8460, or go to https://blsj-nj.builderfusion.com/bf/web/AboutUs/scholarships.html.