Harrah's Worker is Thankful

ARIZONA – As reported by the Arizona Republic: "For the first time in her life, Cherel Bernard will celebrate Thanksgiving somewhere other than New Orleans.

"Hurricane Katrina drowned her Chateau Charles townhouse in 18 feet of water and scattered her close-knit family throughout Louisiana and Texas. She is alone in Arizona, and it doesn't feel like Thanksgiving.

"…A main banker at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino in Maricopa, Bernard escaped Hurricane Katrina with the clothes on her back and found her way to her new life with the help of total strangers. She worked for Harrah's in New Orleans and was transferred to Arizona after the storm.

"…Bernard, 42, misses her family, but she is thankful for all these little things, which aren't so little to her…"

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