An Angel for Education

Partnering with Futures in Education, Gina Argento actively involves herself with New York students in grades one through eight attending grammar schools as a sponsoring Archangel.

Futures in Education offers individuals the opportunity to financially support the educational journeys of Brooklyn and Queens students attending Catholic grammar schools. Individuals contributing to the Angel Program can assist multiple students by subsidizing tuition cost as a financial benefactor. Angels support recipient students to overcome financial obstacles impeding their educational success at grammar schools.

The best benefit of becoming an Angel at Futures in Educations is seeing the growth and impact of your contribution on your students. As an ArchAngel, Gina communicates directly to her students in correspondence letters, cards, and drawings.

This Easter, Kevin, a seventh grader and Angel student of Gina's, shared his incredible experiences at school and his exciting Easter plans. The most touching line from Kevin (read by Gina) is his interpretation of Easter:

“I personally believe that people shouldn’t just give gifts, they should give joy and happiness vocally.”

Seeing Kevin want to spread and reciprocate his happiness to other is the most rewarding part for Gina. Watching students like Kevin positively affected by her contributions only strengthens Gina's commitment to providing quality education for New York students. Please join Gina in her mission to improve and positively impact student education!

Broadway Stages Counts Down to Earth Day!

Broadway Stages President Gina Argento has seven quick tips to help save the planet!

1. Make Recycling Easier
   Place paper and plastic recycling bins near high-traffic areas in your office and home. This will help maximize recycling habits of your co-workers and family members.

2. Refill Your Ink
   Most of the time ink cartridges are replaced completely. Instead, learn to refill your ink cartridges to save money and the environment. Most local stationery stores are able to refill your cartridges for you.

3. Consider the Metro
   Reduce your carbon footprint and help keep the air cleaner today by using your local transportation system. It saves money, and in crowded cities it might also just save you precious time.

4. Bring Your Own Bags
   Consider bringing your own bags to the grocery store next time. You can save up to 1,000 groceries bag a year from sitting in landfills simply by bringing your own reusable bags.

5. Go Paperless
   No paper? No problem. Most companies can replace your current physical mail with electronic versions. Consider going the paperless route. Saving green forests starts with you!

6. Don't Waste the Back
   Print double-sided to reduce your paper usage by half.

7. Let Your Friends Know!
   Going green is all about sharing your knowledge with your colleagues, friends, and family. Help make their green impact as strong as yours!

Follow these seven quick Earth Day tips and get green today!

Broadway Stages Takes YMCA Students Behind the Scenes of Their Favorite Shows

YMCA students and staff with Tony Argento

Broadway Stages invited the Flushing YMCA to join us at our sound stages this afternoon to share our passion of film production. YMCA students and staff were given a full tour of five sound stages as part of our student enrichment program for New York students.

We taught YMCA students about what it takes to make a production look flawless on TV. Students were surprised to learn that hundreds of people are involved in the behind-the-scene activities to create a single TV episode. Broadway Stages staff educated students and staff on the astronomical four million jobs provided by New York's film economy, in addition to the generous spending at local businesses by film production companies year round.

Broadway Stages was happy to share this experience with local students. As a souvenir, all students received Broadway Stages t-shirts to remind them of our continued partnership with the YMCA! Let's explore student enrichment together!

Broadway Stages Supports Brooklyn and Queens Communities

Broadway Stages President Gina Argento is always looking for ways to help New York families! Joining the Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, an organization that positively impacts local families in Queens and Brooklyn through its various services, Gina helps provide vital services that dozens of families rely on.

Catholic Charities helps hundred of families and children through its community service programs. Catholic Charities delivers New Yorkers a wide range of educational and support services that range from its Integrated Health and Wellness Services, Affordable Housing Program, and Community Services. These programs help care for the wellbeing of Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods by directly connecting individuals with professionals and the necessary resources to succeed.

As a sponsor of Catholic Charities, Gina Argento wants to provide Brooklyn and Queens communities with quality care and professional help services to positively impact their lives. Gina continues to commit herself to actively bettering many families by providing financial assistance to community-based organizations. She hopes her dedication to New York City families will inspire others to make the pledge to help their fellow neighbor.

Gina Argento Presents the Broadway Stages Scholarship

Broadway Stages has joined forces with Kingsborough Community College to provide New York City students with the necessary educational tools for academic and lifelong success. Sharing a vision of educational excellence, Broadway Stages President Gina Argento and Brooklyn-based Kingsborough Community College have come together to create the Broadway Stages Scholarship Award!

Gina established the Broadway Stages Award to inspire students to achieve success in their academic careers by providing access to financial resources available through the scholarship.

The Broadway Stages Scholarship Award gives students the opportunity to overcome financial obstacles impeding their academic achievement. Select students pursuing a media-related degree who demonstrate strong work ethic and active community involvement are qualified candidates for the Broadway Stages Scholarship Award. These requirements are included to encourage students to parallel Broadway Stages' commitment to community and passion for media.

Please join Gina in providing more opportunities for student education!

Education Without Barriers: A Lifelong Goal

Broadway Stages President and CEO Gina Argento wants to ensure that students in Brooklyn and Queens have access to high-quality Catholic education. Gina embraces educational freedom, standing with causes such as the 2017 Joe DiMaggio Award Dinner hosted by Futures in Education to ensure that students do not face financial obstacles in New York.

The Joe DiMaggio Benefit presents Gina with the opportunity to eliminate financial barriers that impede academic success. As an event benefactor, Gina's contribution has positively relieved students and families of the financial burden associated with attending Catholic grammar schools.

Having previously worked with Futures in Education as an Archangel (a benefactor to individual students), Gina is familiar with the excellence of educational programs and believes the high educational standard prepares qualifying students to succeed.

Rooftop Farms Presents Sunday Fun Day!

With the weather warming, it is a perfect time to visit Broadway Stages' beautiful rooftop farm! Learn and have fun! Enjoy gardening on top of our Eagle Street warehouse rooftops overlooking the breathtaking New York City skyline.

Join Broadway Stages on Sunday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at our Eagle Street urban farm located at 44 Eagle St., Brooklyn, NY. We hope to see you there!

Broadway Stages' Philanthropic Efforts Reach All the Way to the Philippines

In 2013, Category 5 typhoon Haiyan, with winds up to 196 mph, devastated the Philippines. Sweeping across the land, Haiyan's winds destroyed hundred of roads, homes, and buildings. One school along Haiyan's path was Mangoso Elementary School in the Eastern part of the Philippines.

Four years ago this was the destruction caused by Haiyan:

The destruction caused by Haiyan left the Eastern provinces of the Philippines without an educational institution for students to attend. To ensure access to education, Parktivity took to reinstate the operations of the Mangoso Elementary and education in the Eastern Philippines.

Sharing the belief of helping communities and improving student education, Broadway Stages donated, on behalf of CEO Gina Argento, towards the reconstruction of the elementary school. The restoration program has had an immense impact on the community where Mangoso Elementary is located. Not only were the donations used to build the school, but funding was also allocated to provide locals with jobs in building the school and reintroducing capital into the economy.

Through our combined efforts, this is how the Mangoso Elementary School looks today! This is a great example of how powerful coming together and helping others can be!

Broadway Stages Gina Argento Is Volunteer of the Year!

Gina Argento, President and CEO of Broadway Stages, is Greenpoint YMCA's Volunteer of the Year!

The 2017 General Assembly & Volunteer Recognition Ceremony distributes Adult Volunteer of the Year Awards recognizing the excellence of individual contributions towards the improvement of one's community. Gina Argento, recipient of the Greenpoint YMCA's award, is being honored for her vast philanthropic contributions and leadership in improving the Greenpoint community. Known for her support of the YMCA's Strong Kids Campaign and for regularly attending YMCA events, Gina Argento feels honored and humbled to selected for the award saying, "I just try to help out wherever I can."

The Broadway Stages family is proud of Gina's lasting impact on the Brooklyn community through the YMCA and other community-centered institutions. Our commitment to Brooklyn and Brooklynites only grows stronger and stronger as the years go on!

Broadway Stages Volunteers Read to Children

Broadway Stages' community outreach efforts center on getting directly involved with the community. President Gina Argento encourages her employees to participate in educational and community events.

This past week, the sixth annual National Women's History Month Celebration included a book reading event to encourage children to explore their imaginations through reading. Broadway Stages volunteers took to the cause and read children's books to more than 20 preschool students. Volunteers said reading to children was not only educational but fun!

Broadway Stages Follows the Sun

Gina Argento, President of Broadway Stages, believes in a clean and energy-efficient future.

The sun is a powerful source of natural energy that can be harnessed to replace forms of non-renewable energy resources such as fossil fuels and coal. With the ability to produce massive amounts of energy — over 1.74 x 10^17 watts per second — solar energy is not only clean but an extremely powerful energy outlet. 

Leading the sustainable energy movement in New York's film production industry is Broadway Stages. Since 2010, Broadway Stages has installed more than 1mW of solar panels that reduce our total carbon footprint and air pollution. As the first solar-powered full service soundstage in New York City, Broadway Stages looks to continue our commitment to the environment.

Broadway Stages Is Rooftop Fresh

Gina Argento, President of Broadway Stages, believes that the food we eat and put into our bodies needs to be fresh and high-quality. Though getting fresh ingredients can be hard when living in an urban environment like New York City, Broadway Stages has made it easier with our rooftop farm.

Our Eagle Street Rooftop Farm produces fresh and local vegetables right in North Brooklyn. Rooftop farms are your source for fresh, quality food that is good for you!