LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A McCreary County man won free groceries for a year from the Kentucky Blood Center after he gave blood in August.

Christopher Hughes won the thank you prize after giving blood for the first time since he donated during a high school blood drive in 2007 — and he didn't even know he had been entered to win.

According to a news release from the Kentucky Blood Center , Hughes decided to give blood in August for the first time in nearly two decades because it was convenient and because his doctor recommended it -- and he also wanted to help save local lives.

It's not the first time the KBC has awarded thank you gifts to donors. Hughes and other donors over the summer were automatically entered into several giveaways. So Hughes was pleasantly surprised Tuesday when

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