2008 Holidazzle wraps up this weekend in Mpls.

Holidazzle float
The Hansel and Gretal float from the Holidazzle Parade.
MPR file photo from 2006

Parade-goers will have a chance to do something for hungry Minnesotans as the 2008 Target Holidazzle wraps up this weekend.

The Minneapolis Downtown Council is asking those attending the Holidazzle to give what they can for the final weekend of the annual Ameriprise Financial Food and Cash Drive.

This season, the drive is only about 40 percent to its goal.

Holidazzle visitors are encouraged to bring a food or cash donation this weekend to help the Emergency Foodshelf Network.

This year's final Holidazzle parades along Nicollet Mall through downtown Minneapolis will be held Saturday and Sunday, starting at 6:30 p.m. each night.

To signal the handoff from winter to summer, Minneapolis Aquatennial royalty will serve as grand marshals for the last Holidazzle parade on Sunday.

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