We promote and encourage blood donation by volunteer donors as a vital civic responsibility. Donating locally provides the opportunity for donors to give blood for their own families, friends, neighbors and community members at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center. Saddleback Medical Center also provides the opportunity for community members to donate directly (Directed Blood Donor Program) to a specific patient in the hospital or to store blood for an upcoming birth, cancer patient transfusion, surgery, or other life-saving procedures.