Brotherly Love: Bucks County Foundation Helps Needy Kids

By Ukee Washington BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. (CBS) – Two years ago, we introduced you to a Bucks County couple on a mission to help kids. The couple sponsored classes, like karate and dance. We caught up with Michele and Gene Rice last week. Their foundation, Plant A Seed, helped pay for lessons for 80 children last year, giving needy kids fertile ground to grow. See Video...

People Magazine: Gene and Michele Rice Help Make Kids’ Dreams Come True

By Kristen Mascia and Lorenzo Benet Gene and Michele Rice (center) with Lenora Thompson (equestrian), Mateo Sanders (in karate gear) and Shanaya Chavis (with microphone) Courtesy of Andrew Brusso When a child has a dream – to be an actor, or a singer, or a basketball star – there is one couple in Upper Makefield, Pa., doing all they can to make it a reality. While running a basketball camp for kids, Gene and Michele Rice were shocked...

Yardley equestrian inspires others through ‘Plant a Seed’ Foundation

If you were to meet Erin Torbert, within a few minutes of conversation, you would be able to conclude that she is an average 24-year old woman balancing a full-time job with a social life. If you were to dig a little deeper, you’d soon realize that unlike most 24-year old women, Erin’s full-time job includes managing a major portion of her family’s business, Cambria Stables.Built on 107 acres of farmland in Yardley, Cambria Stables...

L.A. PARKER: ‘Plant a Seed, Inspire a Dream’

This is a column about dreams and free money. I know, momma told you not to come (whoops, that’s a Three Dog Night reference). Momma probably told you that nothing’s free, but keep reading and you will realize that Michele and Gene Rice are offering about as complimentary a gift as ever created. The Rices are making dreams come true through their “Plant a Seed, Inspire a Dream” foundation, which provides...

10th Round Boxing in Bristol

Plant a Seed members and scholarship recipients gathered at 10th Round Boxing in Bristol, one of the many local business partners that help the foundation deliver positive, life-changing activities for children. Plant a Seed, based in Bucks County, connects deserving young people with mentors who provide instruction and coaching for a wide range of activities such as karate, singing, knitting, and football. Children ages 10 to 18...

Monica Yant Kinney: Helping youngsters get back into extracurriculars

Holiday charitable requests can overwhelm those with big hearts but modest means. Every penny matters in trying times, but surely no one believes a $100 donation will end homelessness or cure cancer. My second grader desperately wants to protect polar bears from extinction, but how do I break it to her that the $50 we gave in her name was devoured by bureaucracy? How might we, as a family beholden to a budget, perform tangible acts of...