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FALL RIVER Towels, pillows and surfboards aren’t usually mentioned in the same breath. But it’s a solid match for a well-known Fall River manufacturer and a unique nonprofit group that uses surfing as therapy for children and adults with cognitive, physical and emotional challenges. The Matouk home decor and linen company, located in Fall River Industrial Park, is now the flagship sponsor of Gnome Surf, according to Christopher Antao, the Fall River native who founded the nonprofit surf-therapy group. Gnome Surf operates from mid May to mid October at South Shore Beach in Little Compton. Antao, executive director of Gnome Surf, said Matouk president and CEO George Matouk, president and CEO of John Matouk & Co has pledged financial support for his organization. ....
FALL RIVER Call it an early Christmas present or a belated birthday present. Either way, The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation For Autism delivered a great gift to Gnome Surf founder Chris Antao last week. Two days after Antao’s birthday, Flutie announced Gnome Surf as one of The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation For Autism grant recipients. The retired NFL quarterback made the announcement on Dec. 16th during a Zoom version of the Flutie Family Holiday Spectacular. In announcing the foundation’s grant to Gnome Surf, a surf camp for kids of all abilities, Flutie, a football star at Boston College as well as in the NFL and Canadian Footbal League, also professed his own love of surfing saying, “I just got off the waves, anything surfing I love,” said Antao. ....