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On Sunday morning, December 3, 2023, Star 105.5’s Northwest Spectrum program aired an interview with Jerry Shaffer and Donna McAnally about our program. We are deeply grateful to Ron Mrowiec and Leisa Niemotka for helping spread information about our program. You can listen to the interview HERE

Star 105.5 morning show hosts, Joe & Tina welcomed Crystal Lake Blue Star Banner Program Chairperson, Donna McAnally in an informative interview on Friday, November 10th. Hear more about the program and how you can honor active-duty military members along Hero’s Row in Crystal Lake HERE.        

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 […]