Grads are renowned for taking part in pranks that wreak havoc on their schools or communities.
However, the hoax by McRoberts secondary's graduation class was decidedly different.
Tuesday morning, 13 teenagers got out of bed early to block their school's front door with cans of nonperishable food.
"At about 5 a.m. we arrived at our school and took 600 cans of donated food and barricaded the front door," said 17-year-old Dayah Johal. "This cans awareness pyramid is to display McRoberts efforts to help the needy, and that we, as Grade 12 students, want to give back to our communities, not hurt them."
This year, the grad committee asked the whole school to get on board their prank, which they dubbed, Halloween for Hunger campaign.
"All week, we are collecting cans of food to donate to the Richmond Food Bank," added Johal. "There is a perception that Grade 12 students do rowdy things but we want to break that stereotype and show people that teenagers do a lot of good.
"A charitable prank is what we want our grad legacy to be."
So far, they have also raised $300 and items including boxes of macaroni and cheese, cereal, cans of beans and much more.
The barricade came down at 3 p.m. on Tuesday but not before many more donations were collected from students and the faculty.
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