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Hindu youth group learns about giving with annual Halloween food drive

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Rohand Nune, 6, left, and his brother, Navaj, 8, carry donated food to a scale for Viknesh Kasthuri, 15, to weigh Tuesday morning at the Richland branch of the Tri-Cities Food Bank. They are part of a Hindu Society of Eastern Washington youth group that holds an annual food drive on Halloween. They collect food and money instead of candy. About a dozen youngsters and their parents collected 2,838 pounds of nonperishable food and $1,340 in cash donations. Watch a video at: www.tricityherald.com/video.
Rohand Nune, 6, left, and his brother, Navaj, 8, carry donated food to a scale for Viknesh Kasthuri, 15, to weigh Tuesday morning at the Richland branch of the Tri-Cities Food Bank. They are part of a Hindu Society of Eastern Washington youth group that holds an annual food drive on Halloween. They collect food and money instead of candy. About a dozen youngsters and their parents collected 2,838 pounds of nonperishable food and $1,340 in cash donations. Watch a video at: www.tricityherald.com/video. Bob Brawdy Tri-City Herald

Rohand Nune, 6, left, and his brother, Navaj, 8, carry donated food to a scale for Viknesh Kasthuri, 15, to weigh-in early Tuesday morning at the Richland branch of the Tri-Cities Food Bank.

They are part of a Hindu Society of Eastern Washington youth group that holds an annual food drive on Halloween.

The members collect food and money instead of candy during the event they call "Trick or Food."

The group of about a dozen youngsters and their parents delivered 2,838 pounds of non-perishable food and $1,340 in cash donations to the community organization.

Watch a video at: www.tricityherald.com/video

This story was originally published November 3, 2015 at 4:55 PM with the headline "Hindu youth group learns about giving with annual Halloween food drive."

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