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Karl and Cathi Glassman Supports Ante4autism as $5,000 Diamond Sponsor

Furniture World News Desk on 10/19/2017

Pictured above:  Karl Glassman, CEO and President, of Leggett and Platt Inc. accepts the 2017 Presenting Sponsor award from Co-Host Karina Jett and Founder Doug Krinsky
Pictured above: Karl Glassman, CEO and President, of Leggett and Platt Inc. accepts the 2017 Presenting Sponsor award from Co-Host Karina Jett and Founder Doug Krinsky

Ante4Autism recently announced that Karl and Cathi Glassman have agreed to be $5,000 Diamond sponsors once again, for the 10th event, presented by Leggett & Platt Inc. The event will be held Saturday, 1/27 at the Golden Nugget. “We moved the event to the evening before the opening of the furniture market to appeal to more local Las Vegas poker players and to avoid conflicts with other furniture industry events,” stated Founder Doug Krinsky. 

In addition, Great American Furniture Services, Englander and Kevin Toman have all become Bronze sponsors for the event. The 10th Ante4autism event, presented by Leggett & Platt Inc., is now accepting sponsorships for the event, to be held Saturday, 1/27/18 at 7 PM at the Golden Nugget. Sponsorships and donations can be made by contacting founder, Doug Krinsky at Ante4autism@aol.com, or 614-554-0802 or referring to the Ante4autism.com web site. Joining presenting sponsor Leggett & Platt Inc. as sponsors are: Symbol Mattress as the $10,000 Final Table sponsor, Ashley Furniture and the Furniture First national buying group as $10,000 Double Diamond sponsors, Karl and Cathi Glassman as $5,000 Diamond sponsors, Eclipse International a $2,500 Platinum sponsor, Big Sandy Superstores and BoxDrop Mattress & Furniture Direct as $1,000 Gold sponsors and Englander, Great American and Kevin Toman as $250 Bronze sponsors.

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 our web site: Ante4autism.com.

Co-Hosts for the 10th Annual Ante4autism 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, 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 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 will take place at the Golden Nugget, Saturday, January, 27th, 2018.