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On November 7, 2023, the family of  Air Force Reserve Major Stephen Pfaff represented him by leading the Pledge of Allegiance to open the Crystal Lake city council meeting.   Mayor Haig Haleblain introduced his grandmother Jo Ann Pfaff, his mom Sharon, and his grandmother June Pupich. They were each delightful, and we are proud of […]

The Blue Star Banner Program began a second “Borrowed Banners” project when we gave local businesses the opportunity to display banners belonging to some of our previous recipients. This is a continuing effort to increase our program’s visibility and have a larger number of citizens aware of our program. Our first such project was a […]

The Blue Star Banner Program is proud to announce that Express Pros has become a sponsor of our program.  We are grateful to this local business for their encouragement and financial support of our program, which honors our active duty military members from Crystal Lake.  The program, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, relies solely on donations […]

During the month of November, the Crystal Lake Library set up a display highlighting our program in addition to hanging one of our banners in a window.  The display features a flag folded in the accepted triangular fashion, program information, a history of the Blue Star flags and a digital display presenting the names of […]

Express Pros of Crystal Lake invited members of our committee to attend their 20th anniversary celebration in August.  Their patriotic theme decor was anchored by a display of six beautiful Blue Star Banners.  We were very proud to hear comments and questions about our program.  An Express Pros corporate officer said he was very impressed […]