MultiVu Video Feed: Harrah's Entertainment Provides Emergency Relief and Pay to Its Employees Affected by Hurricane Katrina

MultiVu Video Feed: Harrah's Entertainment Provides Emergency Relief and Pay to Its Employees Affected by Hurricane Katrina

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NEWS: Employee Emergency Relief Effort Started in Wake of Hurricane Katrina

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Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. announced it is working to provide its employees in the affected Gulf Coast communities with much-needed emergency relief, money, and information in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Harrah's will continue to provide its nearly 8,000 employees from the casinos in Biloxi, Gulfport and New Orleans with their regularly scheduled base pay for up to 90-days. In addition, Harrah's announced an initial $1 million grant from the Harrah's Foundation to the employee relief effort

Harrah's relief plan covering its three properties - Grand Casino Biloxi and Grand Casino Gulfport in Mississippi, and Harrah's New Orleans - includes helping their employees with the long task of rebuilding, as well as using the convention center at the Grand Tunica as an American Red Cross shelter for anyone seeking refuge. Food, water, bedding and facilities will be available at the shelter. The Harrah's Entertainment properties in Bossier City and Lake Charles, Louisiana, also are working closely with the American Red Cross to provide water, food and supplies for refugees. If the local shelters become too full, the facilities in both locations will be used as overflow shelters.

Volunteers from nearby properties are also being assembled to quickly provide direct assistance to those in need. All Harrah's Entertainment vendors are welcome to contribute to this important relief fund.

SOUNDBITES:
* Gary Loveman, Chairman, CEO, and President, Harrah's Entertainment,
Inc.
* Sherry Farmer, Red Cross spokesperson
* Penny Lynch, hurricane victim
* Tequila Brown, hurricane victim
* Mary Bain, hurricane victim

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PRNewswire -- Sept. 1

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