SAN ANTONIO – It’s a great weekend to save lives and get free pizza!
Big Lou’s Pizza is holding its eighth annual blood drive and bone marrow registry event in support of a local 19-year-old man battling leukemia.
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Big Lou's Blood Drive & Marrow Registry is this Saturday, Jan 18Harry’s ready for our BIGGEST blood drive of the year! Give blood at Big Lou's Pizza this Saturday, Jan 18!🩸 Score a voucher for a 20-inch one topping pizza, a movie tickets and a T-shirt!🍕🎟👕 Schedule your donation at SouthTexasBlood.org/BigLous. 🙌🤗 #sharetheblood
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The restaurant aims to receive 1,000 units of blood and register 100 bone marrow donors.
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Those who donate blood will receive a free 20-inch pizza, a Big Lou’s t-shirt and a movie ticket to City Base Entertainment.
If you register to be a bone marrow donor, you will receive a voucher for a free pizza roll.
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Posted by Big Lou's Pizza on Friday, January 17, 2020
The blood drive will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and will run until 8 p.m. at Big Lou’s Pizza on South W.W. White Road.
You can schedule your blood donation appointment in advance by clicking here.
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If you can’t make it out to Big Lou’s this weekend, our KSAT community partners and University Health System are partnering to host a week-long blood drive.
The drive begins Monday, Jan. 27th through Friday, Jan. 31st.
For more information, click here.