NAHB Members Help Students Finance Their Education - 3/22/2004 - Real Estate Education Training Schools Conferences

NAHB Members Help Students Finance Their Education

The National Housing Endowment, the philanthropic arm of NAHB, administers four scholarship programs for NAHB, including the recently established Strategies for Success Scholarship, which is sponsored by the NAHB Women’s Council.

The other scholarships administered by the endowment are the Centex Homes Build Your Future Scholarship, the Lee S. Evans Scholarship and the Herman J. Smith Scholarship.

Patsy Smith, vice chair of the Home Builders Institute (HBI) Board of Trustees, a trustee of the National Housing Endowment and chair of the Herman J. Smith Scholarship said of her late husband that, “Herman’s favorite motto was ‘always leave the woodpile higher than you found it,’ so we continue this in his honor.”

Last year, a record $150,000 in scholarship funding went to more than 100 students across the nation. That amount should be exceeded this year as the endowment continues to grow.

NAHB is also reaching out to its youngest members through the National Housing Endowment/NAHB Past Presidents Scholarship Fund, which provides matching monetary grants to two- and four-year institutions offering courses in building and building-related fields. State and local home builders associations match the funds from NAHB and award them to Student Chapter member schools in their area.

Part of the Residential Construction Academy — and funded by NAHB, corporate partners and student member dues — the NAHB Student Chapters program helps to enrich the educational experience of students enrolled in construction-related fields. For more information on NAHB Student Chapters, e-mail Page Browning or call her at 800-795-7955 x8918. For more information on the National Housing Endowment, e-mail Julie Wheeler or call her at 800-368-5242 x8483.