Popular pizza restaurant encouraging residents to give blood

Big Lou's offers goodies to donors

SAN ANTONIO – A popular pizza parlor is sending out an important message: donate blood. 

Big Lou’s Pizza owner Brian Lujan said his father suffered from aplastic anemia and needed several transfusions.

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Lujan encouraged others to give blood by offering a free 10-inch, one-topping Big Lou's pizza and a T-shirt for donating on Saturday.

Along with the freebies, those who donated were entered to win other prizes, such as movie, tattoo or car wash gift cards and more.