The Eagles “A Philly Special Christmas” Album Raised an Insane Amount of Money for Charity!
I don’t know what it is but every time I read about this album it makes me tear up. It’s just so special and so Philly. Not to mention it’s…
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I don't know what it is but every time I read about this album it makes me tear up. It's just so special and so Philly. Not to mention it's more a good cause AND it's an amazing album. Before we talk money, let's reminisce a bit.
Are you surprised how much money the album raised? I'm not. It's the Eagles! Antonio Valdés laughed when he was told last year that the Eagles players hoped their Christmas album would raise $30,000. The players simply wanted their vinyl record — which they feared might flop — to support a toy drive in the city, which is how they connected with Valdés.
“I was like ‘You do know you’re the Eagles, right? Right? This isn’t going to work out the way you think it is,’” said Valdés, the executive director of Children’s Crisis Treatment Center.
This was the first post and we couldn't believe it was real!
Then we got a sneak peak of the vocals!
It quickly became the talk of the town
Jordan Mailata can make his own album!
And even more players got involved!
Jalen sure can play football, but he definitely can't sing. Ha!
They showed love to the entire Delaware Valley
Even Merill Reese narrated Twas the Night Before Christmas!
The Album Raised Almost $300,000!!!
They thought "A Philly Special Christmas" would raise $30,000. It instead raised $250,000 and will pay for two toy drives and a summer camp while giving a local nonprofit hope in a tough year. The money covered last year’s toy drive, and it is enough to fund the holiday toy drive later this year. CCTC — which was founded in 1971 in the basement of the Franklin Institute — had more money left, so they talked to the players, who decided to use the rest of their money to pay for the nonprofit’s summer camp for city kids.
