Carpenter renews $5,000 Platinum sponsorship and Precision Textiles becomes $2,500 Gold sponsor! Gary Fazio, Vara Home, High Risk Pregnancy Center and International Hyperbarics Association all join as $1,000 Silver sponsors!
Nectar donates bed for silent auction for the July 25th event at South Point in Las Vegas!
Las Vegas, June 14, 2026: Carpenter has renewed their $5,000 Platinum sponsorship again this year. Precision Textiles is the latest $2,500 sponsor. Ante4autism Founder Doug Krinsky would like to thank Carpenter and Precision Textiles for their generosity to help our families impacted by Autism. Krinsky would also like to thank longtime friend Gary Fazio, Vara Home, the High Risk Pregnancy Center of Nevada and the International Hyperbarics Association. In addition, special thanks to Nectar for their donation of a Premier hybrid bed for the silent auction.
Sponsorship details are available on the website: Ante4autism.com. Sponsors that wish to be on a table felt for the event and the day of event signage need to sign up by Thursday, 6/25. Sponsors can sponsor on the website under the donate section or email Founder Doug Krinsky at: Ante4autism@aol.com.
The 18th Annual Ante4autism poker event will be Saturday, 7/25 at the South Point Hotel and Casino. Players can register now online at Ante4autism.com. The South Point Hotel and Casino has offered a special room rate for players and spectators: $120 Friday, 7/24/Saturday 7/25 and $65 Sunday 7/26 plus the $22 daily resort fee. Call 702-796-7111 – use code: ANT0725. Entry fee is only $200 for the event in Las Vegas!
There are 10 great travel experiences and 3 great mattresses in the silent auction and they are all available to view on the Ante4autism.com website. Supporters can buy now by contacting Doug Krinsky or bid on the experiences during the silent auction the day of the event. There are travel trips to such places as: Waste Mgmt Skybox, Key West, Montana, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Sicily, Boston Red Sox, Napa, Oahu, Iceland and the Red River Gorge!!
2026 Updated sponsor list:
$25,000 Presenting Sponsor (Sold out): Bedding Industries of America
$15,000 Final Table Sponsor (Sold out): 3Z Brands
$10,000 Diamond Sponsor (No limit): Furniture First National Buying Group
$5,000 Platinum Sponsors (No limit): Carpenter, Karl & Cathi Glassman, Krinsky’s Taekwondo Academy, Serta Simmons Bedding, PFP – Planned Furniture Promotions, Bread Financial, Leggett & Platt, Ashley, Englander
$2,500 Gold Sponsors (No limit): Krinsky’s Taekwondo Academy, Precision Textiles
$1,000 Silver Sponsors (No limit): Gary Fazio, Vara Home, International Hyperbarics Association, High Risk Pregnancy Center of Nevada, R & A Marketing, Boise Mattress, Sleepy Town Mattress, Joyce Cassen
$500 Bronze Sponsors (No limit): Mattress Depot, Gardner’s Mattress and More, Colonial
Special Donations: R & A Marketing, Leggett & Platt, Tempur-Pedic, Stearns & Foster, Nectar
The five Autism charities that will receive the proceeds from this year’s event are: AJ Foundation, Avenues of Autism, Bridgeway Academy, Feat of Southern Nevada, and the NAASEO – National Autism Association of SE Ohio. All the charities are listed on Ante4autism.com with a link to each charity to see the great work each charity does for the families.
Founder Krinsky would like to thank all the Co-Hosts, as they volunteer their time. Co-Hosts include: Joey Amato – Rock N Roll City Mattress, Myra Anneken – Mother of a child with Autism, Stuart Carlitz – Bedding Industries of America, Bo Coconis – Coconis Furniture, Randy Coconis – Coconis Furniture, Nick Hrkman – 3Z Brands, Karina Jett – Keller Williams VIP, Andrew Kauffman – Furniture First, Mack Kauffman – Furniture First, Mike McQuiston – Casper, Anthony Mehran – Huffman Koos Furniture, David Wachendorfer – Ashley, Jerry Williams – Retail Service Systems Inc.
