Love like Louden: ImpactLife holds blood drive in honor of two-year-old boy

Louden Lofgren was just two-years-old when he passed away earlier this year in April. “He had surgery, he had his tubes put in and then he had his adenoids removed,” said Louden’s aunt, Olivia Foglesong. “After that, he just wasn’t right. We don’t technically know what happened, but we do …
As the medical field continues to experience a shortage of Blood, KRHD 25 News partnered with – College Station to fill the gap with a two-day Blood Drive. Judy Swoboda has been a nurse just shy of 50 years and for last half century she has donated blood in memory of her …
The Hyderabad Blood Donors Society, which Sai Kumar started when he was a graduate student, now has a team of 18 core members and 150 active volunteers across the city. In 2013, a relative of Sai Kumar’s friend was facing a medical emergency and was in dire need of blood. …
The Beaver Dam Volunteer Fire Department will hold its 56th blood drive for the Cape Fear Valley Blood Donor Center on Tuesday. For 16 years, the fire department has hosted drives for the blood center, according to Dianne Carter, a mobile recruitment coordinator for the blood center. The center, which …
As a giving person, Joshua Gasper left in his legacy not only organs to save other lives…but a tradition to encourage life-saving charity forever: an annual blood drive. Stacey Gasper of Columbus organized a blood drive in honor of her son, Joshua Gasper, Wednesday at the 1C Church. It would …
Williston’s blood drive is considered to be one of the most important drives for the state, providing a much-needed supply for cancer patients and area hospitals. Thanks to the work of its field general, 90-year-old Bertha Axtman, they’re able to bring in hundreds of donors during their two-day blood drives. …
A mum from Birmingham who suffers from a life-threatening disease has made a heartfelt for more blood donors from the Afro-Caribbean community as the city faces a huge shortfall. Shelley Falconer, 34, from Erdington, was diagnosed with sickle cell as a baby and receives six units of blood every four …
You never know when you will need a blood transfusion or platelets. You can join ABC30 as we take action together at the Pint for A Pint Blood Drive. One Valley woman, Nazik Arisian, shares her story of surviving leukemia thanks to blood donors. Read Full Article
BLOOD donation is crucial in extending the life of an individual. It is always the basic need of patients who undergo surgery, including the emergency cases that pertain to blood loss that need blood transfusion. Families who have a member who gets hospitalized are always confronted with this dilemma as …
Hayden Hill would donate blood every day if he could – unfortunately this isn’t physically possible. But it hasn’t stopped the 25-year-old from reaching a milestone of 100 blood and plasma donations. At a time when the impact of the pandemic on hospitals, medical facilities and communities is stretching blood …