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(NOV 22) LAS VEGAS -
The Sheriff’s 31st Annual Thanksgiving Day Celebration will go on in New
Orleans, putting the spotlight this year on the first response workers,
most of whom have lost their homes and are separated from their families
for the holiday. Sheriff Marlin N. Gusman joined forces with Corps of
Compassion, a 501c3 non-profit, to make the event happen this year. Also
a great partner on this event is local hero PGA Tour professional Kelly
Gibson and his non-profit organization Feed the Relief.
“It is important that this long-standing community event go on,” Sheriff
Gusman said.
It is anticipated that the 5,000 sheriffs deputies, police officers,
firefighters, EMS workers, nurses, doctors, National Guard, military,
and Coast Guard members who have been instrumental in helping the city
of New Orleans and its citizens, will be honored with a terrific meal,
celebrity attendance, gift bags with necessities that are lacking, along
with books, toys, and lots of fun for the children. Seniors from the
re-populated areas of New Orleans, now few in number, will also be
transported and fed as in previous years.
On Wednesday, November 23, the night before Thanksgiving, the House of
Blues has offered the venue, upon its return since being closed
following Hurricane Katrina, to have a free concert for the first
response team featuring Deacon Johns and other legendary artists, as its
first event. Tickets will be distributed by lottery. One of the
highlights of this special evening will be the reunion of the families
of 12 first response workers who have not seen their loved ones since
the worst natural disaster in American history. (excerpt of Press
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