For the third year in a row, EaglesWest, a local fan club of the Philadelphia Eagles football team run out of Rockbar Inc. in Scottsdale, spent this past football season collecting money via 50/50 raffle tickets and donated merchandise auctions to benefit the LovePup Foundation.

The LovePup Foundation is a nonprofit dog rescue in Scottsdale that lives by the mantra “Don’t Shop, Please Adopt” that was originally started in the home of local radio DJ Johnjay Van Es and his wife Blake.

EaglesWest was able to increase its donation amount this year based on the Eagles’ success on the football field and the Super Bowl in Arizona. Thanks in part to the additional Super Bowl fans, EaglesWest was able to raise almost double its donation amount from last year.

On April 7, EaglesWest delivered a check for $20,000 to the LovePup Foundation in Scottsdale (6405 E. Thomas Road). Several integral members of the EaglesWest group were present, as well as the owner of Rockbar Inc., the employees of LovePup, some furry friends and Johnjay and Blake Van Es.