The Metro East Council of the Make-A-Wish Foundation will be trying a new event on Saturday, April 11.
    The foundation will be hosting a Wine For Wishes event at Bretz Wildlife Lodge and Winery in Carlyle.
    This is the first time the Metro East Council for Make-A-Wish Foundation is doing a Wine For Wishes event. They had previously done a hot chocolate walk in Highland in December.
    "We are hoping that we will be as successful with this Wine For Wishes event as we were with the hot chocolate walk," said Sue Messerli, who is the head of the Metro East Council.
    The event is from 2 to 6 p.m. There will be wine and beer tastings, live music from RX Blues Band, a silent auction, appetizers and raffles.
    Cost is $30 per person for five tastings of wine or beer.
    Among the silent auction items are four tickets to a major league baseball game, tickets to the Fox Theater, a group wine party for 20 people, and a golf trail that will include rounds of golf at Governors Run in Carlyle, Oak Brook in Edwardsville, and Highland Country Club.
    Laurie Lampen and daughter Ali Kampwerth came up with the idea for the Wine for Wishes event. Kampwerth works at Mater Dei and lives in the Breese area.
    The Metro East Council of the Make-A-Wish Foundation covers Clinton, Madison and St. Clair counties.
    Tickets can be purchased at https://onecaue.se/_eweew1 or at the door.