Gene Epstein, an avid car enthusiast who sells and collects cars, is now using his passion for a charitable cause, writes Peg Quann for the Bucks County Courier Times. 

Together with his wife Marlene, he frequently sells vintage cars to other collectors and donates the proceeds to charity. 

Recently, they contributed to the Bucks County Opportunity Council’s Give A Christmas drive, helping it surpass its $200,000 goal. 

On the same day, Epstein donated a 1999 hunter-green Jaguar through the BCOC’s Wheelz2Work program, which he founded.  

This program, run in partnership with Bucks County Community College and the Gene and Marlene Epstein Humanitarian Fund, supported by Univest Financial, aims to provide vehicles to those in economic hardship for employment and educational purposes.  

The recipient of the Jaguar expressed profound gratitude for the life-changing gift. 

Since its inception, the Wheels2Work program has gifted over 500 vehicles, including 100 via the BCOC. The latest recipient received her Jaguar, which had undergone $10,000 in maintenance, at Epstein’s home in Bucks County. 

The Epsteins recently donated $25,000 to the BCOC’s Give A Christmas drive, boosting its total to over $200,000.  

Read more about this charitable Bucks County Program and the Wheels2Work in the Bucks County Courier Times.  

More about the Bucks County Opportunity Council.