Shootout at the Garden

On July 20th the iStar Charity Foundation's 7th Annual iStar Charity Shootout took place at Madison Square Garden, raising over $350,000.

Agency Photographers is proud to have taken part in the event, covering the event as well as posting photos at a website created by the foundation for attendees to download their own images.

The event was underwritten by iStar Financial, the Jay & Kelly Sugarman Foundation and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP for the benefit of Baby Buggy® (http://www.babybuggy.org), Human Rights First (http://www.humanrightsfirst.org), Robin Hood (http://www.robinhood.org), and Teach For America (http://www.teachforamerica.org).

Keeping with tradition, this year’s event featured athletes, entertainers and prominent business leaders participating in various basketball competitions designed to raise money for the four charities. Highlights of the evening included big money-making “Supershots” by supermodel, Emme, for $40,000 and New York Knicks number-one draft pick, Danilo Gallinari, connecting on a shot worth $26,000. Also at the event, actor Hugh Jackman and actress Vivica A. Fox joined Gallinari and his teammate Wilson Chandler and former Knicks stars Anthony Mason and Charles Smith, as well as former NY Liberty women’s star Kym Hampton and super middleweight boxing contender, Michael Olajide as guest judges for the slam dunk competition.

The evening also featured performances by the Harlem Wizards, Knicks City Kids, “Maddie” the Mascot and a special halftime performance by beatboxers Kid Lucky, Shockwave of PBS TV’s re-tooled classic “The Electric Company®”, Butterscotch, an “America’s Got Talent” finalist and Swiss Chris. WNBC-TV sports anchor, Bruce Beck, once again served as master of ceremonies.

To learn more about the iStar Charitable Foundation, make a donation, and/or to see more event images, please go to http://istarcharityfoundation.org.