Raise a glass and toast to good wine tonight in Barrington
Barrington is the place to be tonight for wine connoisseurs.
The Barrington Area Council on Aging is hosting its 12th annual wine tasting, "Aged to Perfection: A Celebration of Life & Wine" from 6 to 9 p.m. today in the Performing Arts Center at The Garlands of Barrington, 1000 Garlands Lane.
More than 50 varieties of wine, provided Barrington Cellars, will be available to sample and buy at the event.
The Barrington Area Council on Aging will receive 20 percent of the proceeds from all the wine sold.
The event will also feature the music of the John Mose Quartet, a dinner buffet and live and silent auction items.
Items up for auction include cooking classes, dining certificates, home-catered meals and tickets to sporting events.
Tickets are $85 per person and include valet parking.
The wine tasting is the council's largest fundraising event. The goal this year is to raise $65,000 to support programs and services for Barrington-area seniors and family caregivers.
For information, visit www.bacoa.org.
Walking for hunger:ŒBreak out your walking shoes.
The Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk, an annual community hunger education and fund raising event, is scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. Registration starts at 12:30 p.m.
The walk starts at Barrington Middle School-Station Campus, 215 Eastern Ave.
This is the 25th annual walk, which raises money for people in need around the world.
The grand marshals for this year's event are Barbara Schmidt and Konrad Bald.
Schmidt founded the Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk in 1982 and Bald was named the 2007 Barrington Area Development Council Citizen of the Year.
For information, call the event chair Dennis Rossow at (847) 726-9171.
Change at the top:ŒThere is a new leader of the District 220 Educational Foundation.
Barrington's Jon Stickney was recently elected the group's new chairman.
The foundation is a non-profit organization of volunteers who develop private funding for learning initiatives in Barrington Area Unit District 220.
Stickney will direct the Foundation's 12-member board of trustees during 2008, including executive board members Mimi Burke of Barrington Hills, Cinda Pittman of South Barrington, Carol Rolfs of Tower Lakes and Mary Kamps of North Barrington.
Since being established in 1999, the Foundation has raised $1.5 million to fund educational initiatives ranging from newly installed Tech Labs at both middle schools, to ongoing monetary grants for educators.
Other recent Foundation programs include equipping all K-3 classrooms throughout District 220 with Sound Amplification Systems and the permanent installation of the BHS-TV student production studio and classroom at Barrington High School.
For information on the District 220 Educational Foundation, visit www.bhsaa.org/?220foundation.