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This year they are going for rice, not corn - and Founder of Harvest For Kids Alex Perez explained how you can help with your everyday shopping:..

Alex Perez, Founder of Harvest For Kids
"The partnership is that they put the Harvest for Kids logo in their packaging, so when people buy the rice, they now get the opportunity to give back to the kids. A percentage of each rice bag goes, a portion goes to the kids. The price of the rice doesn't go up, it remains the same price; it's just taking a portion of it to send to kids especially for the school programs and the summer camps that we have that are coming very soon."

"The more people buy the Circle R rice, the more commission the kids get. It's not much, but in the long run the more Circle R rice people consume in Belize, the more we will receive for our kids. We are hoping that other companies would see what Circle R did and we can hopefully have other companies doing the same."

It costs 1200 dollars an acre for the rice crop.

And they started this weekend. Perez and one of his young participants told us how the planting went:..

Alex Perez, Founder of Harvest For Kids
"One of the things that we really think is going to build it more is the rice harvest. There were two farmers, father and son donated 20 acres of land just two months ago; 20 acres of land that is already to plant. Literally they are giving us their profit of this year to say I want to give this field to the kids and it's the same thing like last year where we have to raise money for all the fertilizer, the seeds, the labor and the harvester so we can get a profit out of that field. What's happening right now is that we planted the rice of that field and so we are hoping that people will partner and people will volunteer with us so we can get a harvest in the next two months. It's a completely different harvest from the corn."

Aniya Gillett, went to rice filed - OW
"I was at the rice field in Orange Walk. I had a lot of fun. I actually learn how to plant rice and what is good rice from the bad rice. I had a lot of fun. I went into the rice field."

The harvest is set for June 21st, weather permitting.