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A. Lava & Son, Customatic & Others Added as Sponsors at 10th Ante4Autism Event

Furniture World News Desk on 1/19/2018

Jacqueline Laurita from TV’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey, to play in Ante4autism event.
Jacqueline Laurita from TV’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey, to play in Ante4autism event.

Ante4Autism recently announced that A. Lava & Son, Customatic, Janet Pickett and Jim Ruwe have all signed up as sponsors for 10th Annual Ante4Autsm event.  “We have had an overwhelming number of sponsors and we are humbled by all the support this year,” stated Founder Doug Krinsky. “We are now focused on filling all of our seats for the event itself,” he went on to say. “We want the residents of Las Vegas and all the furniture market attendees to know we want and need their support at our event,” said Co-Host Randy Coconis. “We encourage everyone to come out and play in our Texas Hold’em No Limit event!”

 

  • Play to meet celebrities
  • Play to win $$
  • Play to help support Autism charities
  • Play to have fun
  • Play to beat your friends and have bragging rights
  • Play to win prizes

 

Co-Hosts would like to thank the following companies and individuals that have donated items to our auction or are helping with the logistics of the event: Malouf, Huffman Koos, Visionary Sleep, Leggett & Platt, Al Adler, The Layout Company, Retail Marketing Group, Dan Phillips and Serta. Sponsorships and donations can be made by contacting Founder, Doug Krinsky at Ante4autism@aol.com, or 614-554-0802 or at Ante4autism.com. Sponsorships and donations can be made all the way up to the evening of the event, 1/27/18.

Joining presenting $15,000 sponsor Leggett & Platt as sponsors are: $10,000 Final Table sponsor - Symbol Mattress, $10,000 Double Diamond sponsors - Ashley Furniture and the Furniture First national buying group, $5,000 Diamond sponsors - Restonic, Sauder Woodworking Co., Karl & Cathi Glassman, Protect-A-Bed, Eclipse International & Eastman House, $2,500 Platinum sponsor – A. Lava & Son, High Risk Pregnancy Center of Las Vegas, Planned Furniture Promotions, $1,000 Gold sponsors – Customatic, Roger Magowitz, Malouf, Corsicana Mattress Company, Angelique Clark, Elfa International, Coconis Furniture, Mantua Manufacturing, Shari & Kevin Wagner, Myra Stone – Ashley Marketing Specialist, Custom Fundraising Solutions, Big Sandy Superstores and BoxDrop Mattress & Furniture Direct, $500 Silver sponsors – Janet Pickett & Jim Ruwe, Gary Fazio, David Deye, Jones Fiber, Richmond Furniture Gallery, Devan Chemicals, Cranes Mattress Superstore, Larry McKay, and Maxime Knitting and $250 Bronze sponsors - Englander, Great American and Kevin Toman.

The 10th Annual Ante4autism event presented by Leggett & Platt Inc. will once again donate all net proceeds from the event to 5 Autism related charities. The charities this year are: The Paula and Anthony Rich Center for Autism at Youngstown State University, Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at the Touro University Nevada, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus - Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism Speaks, and the National Autism Association – Southeast Ohio Chapter (NAASEO). Information on all 5 charities can be found on the web site: Ante4autism.com.

In the past, celebrities such as Jacqueline Laurita (Housewives of New Jersey), Jose Canseco, Nicholas Gonzalez (The Good Doctor), Randy Couture, and Jennifer Harmon as well as many others stop by and play. “We expect plenty of celebrities again this year,” stated Founder Doug Krinsky. In addition, there will be great entertainment items, jewelry and sports paraphernalia at the silent auction and live auction the evening of the event.

Co-Hosts for the event: Karina Jett - Real Estate Mogul & Professional Poker Player: Allen Parvizian - APAR Management, LLC: Myra Stone - Ashley Marketing Specialist: Randy Coconis - Coconis Furniture; Stuart Carlitz - Eclipse International & Eastman House; Mike McQuiston & Phil Miner - Symbol Mattress; Jerry Williams - BoxDrop Mattress & Furniture; Anthony Mehran - Huffman Koos Furniture; Joseph Amato - Rock N Roll City Mattress and Doug Krinsky - Brooklyn Bedding.


More about Ante4Autism: Autism spectrum disorders are diagnosed in 1 in 68 children in the United States, and 1 in 42 boys. It is important we continue to help all the families impacted by Autism in any way.

The 10th Annual Ante4autism poker tournament will be held at the Golden Nugget, Saturday, January, 27th, 2018.

The charities benefitted from ante4autism this year are: The Paula and Anthony Rich Center for Autism at Youngstown State University, Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at the Touro University Nevada, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus - Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism Speaks, and the National Autism Association – Southeast Ohio Chapter (NAASEO).