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Ashley Furniture Industries Sponsors Ante4Autism Event

Furniture World News Desk on 6/16/2021


Ante4Autism, the annual charity poker tournament fundraiser that coincides with Las Vegas Furniture Market, recently announced that Ashley Furniture Industries has signed on to be a $10,000 Diamond sponsor once again for the Ante4Autism event.  Founder Doug Krinsky states,  “We thank Todd Wanek and the entire Ashley team for their support of this important event and cause!!”

Krinsky went on to say,  “Co-Host Myra Stone, an Independent Representative for Ashley, has done a tremendous job enlightening the team at Ashley about Autism.”  Myra has a son on the Autism Spectrum as does Founder Doug Krinsky.

The 13th Annual Ante4autism event has been moved to the South Point Hotel and Casino on Saturday, August 21st at 3 PM.  The Grandview Lounge, in the South Point casino, next to the main poker room, will host the event.  “We are very excited to move our event to the South Point Hotel and Casino for our 13th Annual Ante4autism event,” Founder Doug Krinsky said.  The Grandview Lounge will be open for registration at 2 PM, Saturday, 8/21 and the event will begin at 3 PM.  Rebuys and add ons will be permitted until 4:30 PM during the event. 

There will also be a silent auction from Pacific Auction with sports paraphernalia, jewelry and trips to unique vacation spots.  Celebrities will be making appearances and playing in the event again this year.  South Point will follow all local health guidelines and gaming rules for the event.  The buy in for the event will be $200, add ons and rebuys will be allowed for the 1.5 hours of play.  The organizers encourage players to pre-register to speed up the check in process the day of the event. Players can pre-register online at Ante4autism.com.

Sponsors for the 13th annual event include: 

 

  • $25,000 Presenting sponsor - Leggett & Platt,
  • $15,000 Final Table Sponsor - Symbol Mattress/Corsicana Mattress Company
  • $10,000 Diamond sponsors – Ashley Furniture Industries, Eclipse/Eastman House, Karl & Cathi Glassman, Furniture First National Buying Group,
  • $5,000 Platinum sponsors – Symbol Mattress/Corsicana Mattress Company, Planned Furniture Promotions, 
  • $2,500 Gold sponsors - Precision Textiles, Big Sandy Superstore,
  • $1,000 Silver Sponsor – Roger Magowitz, Coconis Furniture, Myra Stone & Caroline Niccum, Shari Wagner, 
  • $500 Bronze sponsors – David Deye, Jones Nonwovens, Yelco Trucking Inc., Gary Fazio, Colonial LLC Display & Branding Specialist. 

 

Sponsorships are available and are listed on the Ante4autism.com web site or potential sponsors can contact Doug Krinsky at ante4autism@aol.com.  

 

The 5 Autism charities who will receive all net proceeds from the 13thAnte4Autism event are:  Rich Center for Autism, Cincinnati Center for Autism, F.E.A.T. – Families for Effective Autism Treatments of Southern Nevada, National Autism Association of Southeast Ohio and Autism Speaks. 

 

Founder Krinsky states, “We have added a new Co-Host for the event – Nick Hrkman, National Sales Manager from Symbol Mattress.”  Co-Hosts include:  Joey Amato – Rock N Roll City Mattress, Stuart Carlitz – Eclipse/Eastman House, Randy Coconis – Coconis Furniture, Nick Hrkman – Symbol Mattress, Karina Jett – KW Jett Real Estate Team, Doug Krinsky – Brooklyn Bedding, Mike McQuiston, Anthony Mehran – Huffman Koos Furniture, Phil Miner – Symbol Mattress, Allen Parvizian – APJL Consulting, Myra Stone – Independent Representative, David Wachendorfer – Intellibed, Jerry Williams – Retail Service Systems Inc.  

 

If you would like to sponsor or donate to the 13th Annual Ante4autism event in 2021, go to Ante4autism.com or email Doug at Ante4autism@aol.com or call Doug at 614-554-0802.  Players can go on the web site, sign up to play and sponsors can choose from the 5 levels of sponsorships on the site.  

 

Autism spectrum disorders are diagnosed in 1 in 59 children in the United States according to the CDC!!  The Co-Hosts are committed to helping the families and individuals impacted by Autism in any way they can.