PMD Furniture Direct™, seller of Royal Heritage Home Furnishings™, co-hosted the 2nd Annual Ante4Autism event at the Las Vegas furniture market on February 9th, giving back in a huge way to Autism Speaks. By the end of the night, combined donations, entry fees, and corporate support totaled over $7,000!
“We had more players than our inaugural event last fall and we were very pleased with the turnout,” said co-host Doug Krinsky. Scott Graham, Vice President of Operations of PMD Furniture Direct™, was the Grand Champion this year and he graciously donated his winnings back to Autism Speaks, as did other top finishers. Charles Cadrecha finished in 2nd place and Doug Krinsky finished in 3rd place.
Krinsky added, “ We would like to thank everyone that attended or donated to the 2nd Annual Ante4Autism event. We will also continue to accept donations on line or by check as well.” Donations can be made by visiting www.ramarketing.com/ante4autism. The grand total does not reflect donations still being received.
“We were very pleased with the turnout this year and look forward to an even bigger event next February,” said Krinsky. “The furniture industry has a big heart when it comes to giving back and once again we were not disappointed! There is hope with new treatments, therapies and the research being done right now that some day in the near future we can find the cause of autism, and prevent it. The prevalence of Autism is now 1 in 110 births and we need do more research to stop this epidemic from continuing to rise. We thank everyone for their support and hope to see everyone again next year.”
Co-hosts David Wachendorfer, Phil Miner, Jerry Williams, Scott Graham, Joe Amato, Randy Coconis, Stuart Carlitz and Doug Krinsky would like to thank supporters of the event for their corporate support or donation of prizes for the raffle drawing: Leggett and Platt, David Wachendorfer of Tempur-Pedic, Jerry Williams of PMD Furniture Direct™, and Bob Quinn at Restonic. The hosts would also like to thank R & A Marketing, Marv Beneteau at RMG, The Lively Merchant and Binion’s for their help and support of the evening’s festivities.
Royal Heritage Home Furnishings™ is proud to support Autism Speaks, which is dedicated to increasing awareness of Autism spectrum disorders, to funding research into the causes, prevention and treatments for Autism, and to advocating for the needs of individuals with Autism and their families. It was founded in February 2005 by Suzanne and Bob Wright, the grandparents of a child with Autism. Bob Wright is a Senior Advisor at Lee Equity Partners and served as Vice Chairman for General Electric, and Chief Executive Officer of NBC and NBC Universal for more than twenty years. Wright also serves on the board of directors of the Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, RAND Corporation and Mission Product, LLC. To learn more about Autism Speaks, please visit www.autismspeaks.org.
I’m not going to lie. I flipped my mattress a grand total of 0 times this year. How about you? When we asked around we got a wide range of answers as to how many times its necessary to flip a mattress. Some said once a year. Twice. Five times. Someone even said 104 times a year.
Keeping up with one of the major trends in today’s economy, the furniture market is now throwing their hat into the ring by offering Eco-friendly furniture to the public. Now, unless you’re an Eco-expert, you might be wondering how furniture made of wood could ever be considered “Eco-friendly.” After all, wood does come from trees….right? Luckily for us there is a set of standards that determine whether or not a piece of furniture can be considered Eco-friendly.
Royal Heritage Home Furnishings™ continues our commitment to quality furniture at reasonable prices through a strategic partnership with Sealy™, one of America’s top mattress brands. Sealy™ was created when Daniel Haynes of Sealy, Texas decided to help a neighbor out by stuffing cotton into a mattress. This favor has helped people sleep better for over 100 years. In fact, they say “sleeping on a Sealy™ is like sleeping on a cloud.”
Twice a year, in January and August, the Tupelo Furniture Market awards its “Furniture Retailer of the Year” award to the top furniture retailer. This event, which is hosted in Tupelo, Mississippi, brings together an average of 35,000 retail furniture buyers from all 50 states and 38 foreign countries. This year the award went to PMD Furniture Direct, the exclusive provider of Royal Heritage Home Furnishings®.