SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — An idea begun last year by four people in western Nebraska to feed the hungry is doing just that — to the tune of more than 300 people a week.

Ron McFarland, of Gering says that the idea was born when he and his wife and another couple began talking about want to feed the hungry.

On a cold night in January 2011, the four served their first home-cooked meals from their minivans to 42 hungry people.

They served the meals every Friday night, and more people began to show up.

Now the service, known as The Matthew Project, serves an average of 168 each Tuesday and Friday night from a large truck with the help of 122 volunteer cooks.