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On Monday, August 16, Crystal Flash was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the Michigan National Guard and the Kent County Sheriff’s Office. Earlier this year, a mock disaster exercise (dubbed “Northern Exposure/Rising Waters”) took place in Kent County. Participating agencies included several police and fire departments, the Kent County Sheriff’s Emergency Management Office and…

Team Crystal Flash answered the call again this week with a rewarding volunteer opportunity preparing food at Kids’ Food Basket. Kids’ Food Basket is a grassroots, community solution to childhood hunger, engaging all who care about children reaching their full potential – in school and in life. Started over a decade ago, KFB began by…

Grand Rapids, MI – The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) announced today the renewed partnership with Crystal Flash to bring students from rural schools to the Museum for educational field trips by underwriting busing costs for the 2021-2022 school year, thanks to a generous grant. Rural schools who visit the GRPM for the 2021-2022 school…

The arrival of warmer temperatures in Michigan each year means different things to different people. Here at Crystal Flash, it means preparing for the next heating season. As part of this process, the annual enrollment period for CF’s Price Protection Programs is now open. From now until June 30, CF customers have an excellent opportunity…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Special thanks to Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse for featuring Crystal Flash in its May enewsletter. The enewsletter provides a recap of the wonderful partnership between CF and Safe Harbor over this past winter to provide heat, meals and shelter to homeless residents in need. The employee-owners of Crystal Flash agreed to donate the…

Excerpted from Michigan Farm News, April 20, 2021 “Michigan FFA Foundation Board Chairman Burt Henry says the foundation has launched the Ag Heritage License Plate Corporate Pledge Challenge — in hopes of encouraging state-based agricultural business entities to utilize the specialty plates on their company vehicles. “The Ag Heritage plate pledge program is a statewide…

Gilda’s LaughFest, the nation’s first ever community-wide festival of laughter, has returned for its 11th year — and Crystal Flash is proud to return as a sponsor. Created by Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids in 2011 to celebrate laughter ‘for the health of it’, this year’s festival features stand-up, improv and a variety of other seriously…

The simple answer is: They’re rising, too! For anyone who watches energy markets, the latest trend is clear — prices are rising. Energy prices bottomed out last April during the height of the COVID lockdown and Saudi oil price war, with crude oil pricing even going negative at one point! Markets then stabilized through the…

2020 was a year unlike any other in our lifetimes. Like the rest of us, our Community Partners were challenged by the uncertainty of operating in a global pandemic. Despite the widespread cancellation of events and the resulting loss of essential fundraising dollars — our partners pivoted, in many cases utilizing innovative ideas like virtual…

Crystal Flash is proud to be working with The City of Grand Rapids and Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. to support locally owned and operated restaurants in Grand Rapids. Program funding allows city organizers to directly purchase supplies, eliminating the up-front costs for cash-strapped bars and restaurants, and cutting down on possible costly delays in opening…