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TUCSON - A Tucson man is helping hungry people by collecting canned food from his neighbors, and what started as just an idea has turned into something much bigger.

Now it's a weekly routine and he's making a difference with one can of food at a time.

It's an idea Peter Norback came up with by chatting with his neighbors and asking for their help with a food drive to help the hungry.

Peter said, "The minimum is one can a lot of people give more because I have discovered that it's easy for people to reach in their pantry and it's difficult to reach in their pocket."

He calls it "One Can a Week," and that's literally all he's asking for, he doesn't want money, unless of course it's for the food drive.

"People say, 'Well don't you need money?' I don't need money because it's an ink jet printer, I print these things out and that's about it," Peter said.

Peter says he spends only three hours collecting cans each Sunday and then drops it off to the community food bank on the following Monday.

If someone forgets to leave a can, it's not a problem.

Peter said, "If the food is not therE, I leave this card it's called the sorry I missed you card, and I have twice as much food next week, it's really quite effective."

Peter says it's something he feels good about and he'll continue to do what ever he can to help others.

"We can really feed all the people here because we're a very, very rich country and I don't get that everybody is out for him or herself, I don't think so," Peter said.