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Ante4autism raises $110,931 for Autism Charities.

Furniture World News Desk on 2/20/2017




Ante4autism recently announced that the 9th Annual event was held at the Golden Nugget, Sunday, January 22nd and raised $110,931 for 5 Autism charities! Karl Glassman, CEO & President, of Leggett & Platt Inc. accepted the plaque as the Presenting Sponsor from Co-Host Karina Jett (pictured above). The Grand Champion this year was Tim Wolf from Maxime, 2nd place went to Tim Acker, a Las Vegas resident and 3rd place went to Jim Agate of Agate Printing. Celebrities, professional poker players, Las Vegas residents and furniture industry attendees enjoyed a fun evening, while raising awareness and money for Autism charities.

The Autism charities that will receive the proceeds from the event are: Autism Speaks, National Autism Association of Southeast Ohio (NAASEO), Bike to the Beach, Lettuce Work, and Families for Effective Autism Treatment of Southern Nevada (FEATSONV). We encourage all our supporters to go to Ante4autism.com to learn more about the charities. They are all doing great work to help our families, do research to find the cause of Autism and help the kids impacted by Autism.

Co-Hosts for the 9th Annual event include: Karina Jett, Professional Poker Player: Allen Parvizian, APAR Management, LLC: Myra Stone, Independent Representative: Randy Coconis, Coconis Furniture; Stuart Carlitz, Eclipse International; Phil Miner, Symbol Mattress; Mike McQuiston, Symbol Mattress; Jerry Williams, Box Drop Mattress & Furniture; Anthony Mehran, Huffman Koos Furniture; Joseph Amato, Rock N Roll City Mattress and Doug Krinsky, Brooklyn Bedding.

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

The 10th Annual Ante4autism poker tournament takes place Sunday, January, 28th, 2018.


More about Ante4Autism: Autism spectrum disorders are diagnosed now in 1 in 68 children in the United States, and 1 in 42 boys. It is very important we continue to help all the families impacted by Autism in any way we can. We hope to see everyone at the The 10th Annual Ante4autism poker tournament on Sunday, January, 28th, 2018.