“It’s kind of like this good deed you put out into the world, and I kind of believe that those good deeds come back to us,” Logan said. “I just think it’s so important to do because you never know when you or someone that you love will need it.”

Logan is quick to point out that she only plays a small part in the blood drive. Central Bank Center has an events manager and an operations manager who see the drive through from organization to collection. Staff members are stationed around the venue to usher donors to the drive.

“This is a big deal to us,” Logan said. “One donation can help up to three people. I really try and convey that to our team when it’s time to organize the blood drive. Like, yeah, we need to make sure that the tables are set and that the room temperature is right, but also if you haven't donated before, you should really consider it because someone you know has been in a position where they needed a blood transfusion.”

Logan’s advocacy for giving blood goes back to her youth. Whether it was her father’s consistency in donating, her grandmother’s use of blood when she battled pancreatic cancer or seeing her dad – an active and healthy guy – suffer a heart attack, it’s something she’s long felt passionate about.

Logan’s belief in blood donation is historical even. She holds the title as the first 16-year-old to donate blood in Kentucky.

In the summer of 2008, legislation was passed to move the eligibility age of donors from 17 to 16 with parental permission. Looking for a young leader to be the first to roll up their sleeves, local lawmakers set up a blood drive with Kentucky’s Governor’s Scholars Program, which Logan was participating in at Bellarmine University. As the only person in her class who was 16 and an early advocate of blood donation, she jumped at the chance.