Hundreds of students receive school supplies at MSG event

Hundreds of New York City students received free school supplies Tuesday from the arena floor of Madison Square Garden.

The Garden of Dreams Foundation hosted its annual Back-to-School Dream Day at the iconic venue, handing out backpacks, notebooks, lunch boxes headphones and more to students from Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens.

This year’s backpacks featured designs from the Knicks, Rangers and Radio City Rockettes.

“School supplies have been really expensive these past years. So knowing that my mom got a little help from Garden of Dreams, it really helped my mom,” said Angel Rivas, an 11-year-old student at P.S./I.S. 218.

The Garden of Dreams Foundation plans to distribute more than 12,000 supply kits throughout August to students in New York, Chicago, Burbank and Las Vega