The Southern Ocean Birding Group is sponsoring a wine and cheese fundraiser for its scholarship fund, which supports graduating seniors from the Ocean County Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science, on Friday evening, April 22, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Long Beach Island Foundation for Arts and Sciences in Loveladies.

Tickets are $40 per person and include wine, cheese and crudite platters. Susan Puder, birding group founder and president, said a program will be presented on…