Lofgren family invites Muscatine community to "Love Like Louden"

Published by Kirby Winn on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 in News Releases

Friends and family of Louden Lofgren invite the Muscatine community to "Love Like Louden" in a special memorial blood drive set for Saturday, Jan. 24, at the ImpactLife Donor Center in Muscatine.

Love Like Louden Blood Drive
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
ImpactLife Muscatine Donor Center (2604 2nd Ave.)

Click to schedule Or call (800) 747-5401

The blood drive is held in memory of Partners for Life Plaque Louden Lofgren (right) to remember the “loving, energetic, smiling, two-year-old who loved all things in life.” Louden died in 2021 due to bleeding that occurred following a routine medical procedure. Louden’s family organized the first "Love Like Louden blood drive later that year.

"Louden loved hard and we should all love like Louden," said his grandmother, Paula Lofgren, when ImpactLife presented the family with a plaque at the January 2025 blood drive, adding, "It means so much to our family that others in the community remember Louden each year by donating blood or sharing about the importance of blood donation."

Love Like Louden plaque presentation — Members of the Lofgren family at the presentation of a plaque that now hangs in the ImpactLife Muscatine Donor Center.
See below for additional pictures from January 2025 and prior events, including the "Love Like Louden" 5K held on the Muscatine riverfront in Sept. 2021. Since that time, the family's efforts have provided 663 donations, including dozens of new and first-time blood donors.

January is National Blood Donor Month
Put Good Into the World square graphic The month-long recognition was first recognized in 1970 following a proclamation by President Richard Nixon and a Joint Resolution of the U.S. Congress, paying tribute to volunteer blood donors and encourages new donors to join the cause Extreme weather, seasonal illness, and the need to recover donations lost during the busy holiday season all contribute to the challenges blood providers face during the month of January.

To book an appointment for blood donation, call ImpactLife at (800) 747-5401, visit www.bloodcenter.org, or download the ImpactLife mobile app at www.bloodcenter.org/app.

NBDM graphic ImpactLife encourages donors to post on social media to help spread the word about National Blood Donor Month and has created an online toolkit with resources and information. To download graphics and sample messages, go to https://www.bloodcenter.org/donate/spread-the-word/national-blood-donor-month/.

Put Good Into the World through Good Giving
Under the Donor For Life program, blood donors receive a voucher to redeem for their choice of an electronic gift card, bonus points to use in the ImpactLife Donor Rewards Store, or an equivalent value donation to support the 501(c)(3) nonprofit of the donor’s choice. Click here for complete information on our current donor promotions and the Good Giving initiative.

About ImpactLife
ImpactLife's mission is to save lives by engaging donors, supporting partners, and advancing medicine. Founded in 1974, ImpactLife supplies blood products and services to more than 130 hospitals, emergency services organizations, clinical researchers, and other blood centers throughout Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Missouri. The nonprofit blood provider is ranked among the leading 12 blood suppliers in the United States. For more information on current blood inventory levels, our donor promotions, and more, see www.bloodcenter.org and find us @impactlifeblood on Facebook, X, Instagram, Threads, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

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