Bemidji brings light to the holidays with annual Night We Light Celebration

Nov. 25 — BEMIDJI — The streets of downtown Bemidji were packed on Friday evening as community members gathered to ring in the holiday season in style for the 27th annual Night We Light parade and following celebration. As always, Target Team members pushed Carts of Care ahead of the parade to collect donations for the Bemidji Community Food Shelf and toys for the United Way of the Bemidji Area’s annual Holiday Gifts for Kids program. With the honor guard heading things up, dozens of floats then made their way down the parade route, traveling south along Beltrami Avenue from Eighth Street before turning west on Third Street and ending at Irvine Avenue. At the conclusion of the parade, everyone…