Community
George Street is a proud member of our community, and understands the importance of giving back to local non-profits and other causes to benefit health and the arts.
American Heart Association
Claiming more than 910,000 American lives each year, heart disease and stroke rank in the top 3 deadliest health hazards for men and women.
- Cardiovascular diseases and stroke are the #1 cause of death in Illinois
- Statewide, 37,231 deaths (35.9% of all deaths) were caused by these diseases in 2005
- AHA invests over $150 million nationwide in heart and stroke research ($2.7 billion since 1949)
- National Impact Goal: reduce coronary heart disease, stroke and risk by 25% by 2010 – resulting in 146,000 fewer cardiac deaths and 46,000 fewer stroke deaths each year nationwide
Heart Walk Chicago
To help raise awareness for Heart Disease and Stroke, George Street Photo & Video is proud to be the official photographer of the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk Chicago.
Start! Chicago
George Street Photo & Video is also honored to be the official photographer for Start!Chicago. Start! is the American Heart Association’s groundbreaking national campaign that calls on all Americans and their employers to create a culture of physical activity and health to live longer, heart-healthy lives through walking.
For more information visit: www.americanheart.org
Battery Recycling
George Street Photo & Video has partnered with the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation in an effort to keep toxic chemicals out of the environment. Bring your unused batteries when you visit our Chicago Studio. Put them in the convenient drop box to recycle your old batteries.
(From the Chicago Recycling Coalition website)
Batteries, especially rechargeable batteries, contain toxic heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and cadmium that should not be incinerated or landfilled.
Each year billions of used batteries are disposed of into the municipal waste stream in the United States. This constitutes 88 percent of the mercury and 54 percent of the cadmium deposited into our landfills, which adversely affects the environment, wildlife, and human health.
(From the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation website)
Since 1996, 50 million lbs. of rechargeable batteries have been successfully recycled – the equivalent weight of more than 163 yellow school buses. Rechargeable batteries can be found in a growing list of portable electronics products including cell phones, cordless phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, camcorders, and mp3 players.
WGN’s Toy Drive
George Street collected toys in our three locations, and passed them out at WGN’s toy drive! See the footage below.
