It Happened to Alexa Foundation Fundraiser with Bill O'Reilly
March 26, 2010
Mar-a-lago Club, Palm Beach, Florida

Meet & Greet and General Cocktail Party to start at 6:30pm, The Mar-a-lago Club, Palm Beach, Florida.

Valet Parking available. Cocktail Attire (Jacket and Tie required.)

$400 Individual Cocktail and Dinner ticket

Individual Cocktail & Dinner ticket $400.00

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Bill O’Reilly from “The O’Reilly Factor” will speak at a Dinner in Palm Beach on Friday March 26, at the Mar-a-lago Club, with all proceeds benefiting the “It Happened to Alexa Foundation.” Also appearing with Mr. O’Reilly will be Wendy Murphy, advisory board member of It Happened to Alexa Foundation, Author of “And Justice For Some” and frequent contributor to Fox News, CBS and NBC. Ms. Murphy is also a professor at New England Law in Boston.

For more than eight consecutive years, The O'Reilly Factor on The FOX News Channel has been the highest rated cable news show. No other program even comes close. It is presided over by Bill O'Reilly, the man who smiles when he calls himself, "Your humble correspondent." O'Reilly may be the most controversial, and the most frequently discussed TV analyst today. “The Factor,” as the show is commonly known, remains an unequaled blend of news analysis and hard hitting investigative reporting dropped into what Bill reminds us nightly is "The No Spin Zone."

In addition to his cable show, Bill finds time to author a weekly column appearing in more than 300 papers, and a series of best selling books. In light of his accomplishments and his high profile, it is particularly apt that his latest book is a deeply personal and revealing memoir. O'Reilly explains the title came about when he remembered how one of his first teachers looked at him in class and said, "William, you are a bold fresh piece of humanity." And so that's what he named it, because "a bold fresh piece of humanity," is what he truly is. Not surprising at all to Bill's millions of viewers, listeners, and readers, or to his often agitated critics.

The memoir comes on the heels of Bill's four previous non-fiction works, all of which vaulted to # 1 on the New York Times list of best sellers. In addition, “The O'Reilly Factor For Kids” outsold all other children's non-fiction during its run, and the paperback version of “Culture Warriors” hit the top 10 in its first week of release.

Bill was certainly fresh, and already bold, when he started his broadcasting career in Scranton, Pennsylvania before moving on to report and anchor in other places such as Dallas, Boston and New York. His national exposure began with CBS and ABC News, and as host of the first version of Inside Edition. It was in 1996 that O'Reilly landed at FOX News. Along the way, as Bill gained his considerable following, he has also accumulated more than his share of journalism awards, including 3 Emmys, the latest being the special 2008 Governor's Award in his old Boston stomping ground.

O'Reilly was born in Manhattan but raised on Long Island. His Bachelor's degree is in History from Marist College, and he has a Master's Degree in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University and another Master's Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Individual tickets to the lunch are $125 – “Meet and Greet” tickets that include photo opportunity, book signing and lunch are $200.  
  
For sponsorship or ticket information, please contact Ellen Augello, Executive Director IHTAF (716) 754-9105 or email Augellos@verizon.net