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Blood donation activity is the obligation of every community as a form of concern for others. Many people do not know about the health benefits of blood donation. There are even people who are reluctant to donate blood because they are worried about the side effects it causes. In fact, by donating blood, the blood cells in the body are replaced more quickly with new ones. The purpose of this activity was to carry out the HISFARMA Social Service and Persit KCK HUBDAM I/BBU Community Pharmacy Seminate Association PD IAI North Sumatra. This activity was carried out by conducting a site survey with the implementation team, meeting with Representatives of PERSIT KCK HUBDAM I/BBU, Medan, North Sumatra. This activity was opened by the presenter, after that singing the Indonesia Raya anthem, welcoming remarks, followed by blood donation activities, blood sugar checks, a careful echo talk show and ended with a group photo. Implementation of community service in the form of social services in educating the public on the importance of blood donation, blood sugar checks and careful echo talk shows. Health Checkup has many benefits. When donating blood, the blood cells in the body are replaced more quickly with new ones. If you donate blood once every three months, your body will stay healthy. Besides being useful for helping others, blood donation also makes our bodies healthier. So it can be concluded that this activity has a good impact and influence on people's knowledge in carrying out this activity.

The decrease in blood donors at UTD PMI occurred during the pandemic by 30% while the need for people who needed blood increased.  Youth is a group of potential donors.  Based on the results of a preliminary study, 90.3% of youth in Terong Dlingo Village Bantul have never donated blood.  Knowledge is closely related to the awareness of donating blood.  The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between knowledge and interest in blood donation among youth in Sendangsari Hamlet during a pandemic.  The type of research used is an analytic survey with a cross sectional design.  The sample technique chosen is total sampling.  The results of the correlation test using the Kendall's tau-b test with a significance level of 5% there is a significant relationship between knowledge and interest in donating blood (p-value 0.006) and the correlation coefficient value of 0.314 which means it has a fairly strong close relationship.  There is a significant relationship between knowledge and interest in donating blood during the pandemic in youth in Sendangsari Hamlet, Terong Kapanewon Village, Dlingo, Bantul in 2021.  

Darah menjadi komponen yang penting bagi tubuh manusia oleh karena itu persediaan darah di Palang Merah Indonesia wajib dijaga. Pasca Pandemi Covid-19 yang melanda Indonesia  membuat jumlah persediaan darah di Palang Merah Indonesia mengalami penurunan. Melihat kondisi ini, Dosen dan mahasiswa dari Program Studi D3 Kebidanan Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Makassar menginisiasi kegiatan pengabdian dalam  bentuk donor darah  dengan tujuan menarik minat masyarakat dan menjadi agen of change untuk gerakan Donor Darah untuk menambah jumlah persediaan kantong darah di PMI Kota Makassar, upaya kemanusiaan untuk membantu sesama dan wujud nyata pelaksanaan pengabdian kepada masyarakat sebagai salah satu Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi. Kegiatan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 17 Juni 2022 di Mbuuk Coffe and Resto Kota Makassar, dengan tetap melaksanakan protokol kesehatan dan prinsip 3M. Peserta yang mendaftar sejumlah 85 peserta, yang memenuhi syarat sebagai pendonor sebanyak 58 peserta. Jumlah darah yang berhasil dikumpulkan adalah sebanyak 58 kantong. Secara keseluruhan acara dapat berjalan dengan lancar dan tertib dan diharapkan.