Three young brothers were looking for ways to make cash to buy video games and toys, but they ended up finding a way to help their community instead.

Celena Gill and her husband are the proud parents of three sons, 13-year-old Collin, 11-year-old Ryan, and 8-year-old Austin. When the boys asked their parents for some extra money, Celena and her husband encouraged them to start their own business to make it themselves.

“We asked our mom what her favorite thing to buy [is] … she said bath bombs, but there were too much chemicals and there’s a lot of process, so the next thing she said was candles,” Ryan said.

Celena ended up taking a candlemaking class so that she could show her sons how it’s done.

“She taught us, so then we started testing each candle,” Collin explained. “It took a couple weeks to get a good formula and once we started selling, we almost sold out the first vending event we had.”

The boys named their business Frères Branchiaux, which is French for Gill Brothers, and they have been going strong for over two years now. During that time, the boys have made over 10,000 candles, and once they had the money to buy the things they wanted, they decided to help their community with the rest of it.

“I have a big heart and I always love helping others and helping the ones in need,” Ryan said. “Our mom asked how we want to give back.”

That’s why the boys have started donating 10% of their profits to homeless shelters in the Washington, DC, area. They are now hoping to expand to a candle truck, where they’d like to employ the homeless to increase their impact. Find out more about them in the video below!