YORK, Pa. — On most days, there's a pretty good chance you'll find Kyle Morin inside his business, K&J Automotive in Hanover.
The skilled mechanic knew he wanted to give back, but didn't know how.
"Seventeen years ago when I opened up, I didn't have the money. I still don't have a big barrel of money, so my problem was how do you still help," Morin said.
Then in 2011, his wheels started turning. He came up with an idea to help the Hanover Area Council of Churches, offering free state vehicle inspections in exchange for five to ten canned goods.
"We have two containers and once they're full we take them, it's usually every week and a half. We do about 30 inspections a week, probably 10 of them are for the canned food drive, so it ends up being a lot, I've been doing this for over a decade," he explained.
To give you an idea - that's more than 4,800 free inspections. However, that number isn't the least bit daunting for Morin.
"It's pretty fun!" he told FOX43. "You meet a lot of awesome people and when they appreciate what you do, you're just like, it's mind-boggling."
The bins show the fruits of his effort.
"I thought okay, we'll do it for another month. [But] everybody thought it was so great, it worked out much better than we ever dreamed it would," Morin said.
His niece and fellow co-worker Megan Myers nominated him for the Jefferson Award.
"He is very giving, very kind, always willing to help someone, doesn't matter your situation. He will go out of his way for sure. He's always [saying] 'If you need anything, I'll be there in 10 minutes.' It doesn't matter where I'm at, doesn't matter [he'll] be there," Myers said.
To Morin however, he's just doing what he feels is the right thing to do.
"You don't need money if you help people... it's amazing how it comes back to help you out too," he said.
Multiplying good, one car and one can at a time.