SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

COMMUNITY EXTENSION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS OFFICE

NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM
SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM
GARDENING WITHIN HOME VICINITY

I.SLU’S VMO STATEMENT

Saint Louis University is an excellent missionary and transformative
educational institution that is zealous in developing human resources to
be creative, competent, socially involved and imbued with the Christian
spirit.

CORE VALUES
 COMPETENCE - To provide a broad and professional
education necessary for principles and methods of modern
scientific Nursing.
 CREATIVITY – To develop the students’ faculty’s and staff’s
innovate potential so that they can adapt to real life situations;
To hone the faculty and students’ creativity in dealing with
current trends, issues and problems in Nursing practice through
the development of Research skills.
 SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT – To harness the expertise and resources
of the School through the Community Organizing Participatory
Action Research (COPAR) and the mobile nursing clinic to help
alleviate the state of health care system in depressed or
neglected communities and barangays.
 CHRISTIAN SPIRIT – To develop the personal qualities that would
enable the students, faculty and staff to live a wholesome,
satisfying life as a Christian and instill the values of humanitarian
dedication.

III. School: School of Engineering and Architecture

IV. Program: Architecture

 V. Partner Community: Saint Louis University

VI. Profile of Partner Community: Saint Louis University, also referred to by its acronym
SLU, is a private Catholic research basic and higher Educational institution run by the
Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in A. Bonifacio Street, Baguio City,
Philippines. It houses students belonging to the schools of Engineering and Architecture,
Teacher Education & Liberal Arts, Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Nursing also the
administrative board, faculty, and the SLU Sacred Heart Hospital. The university is a
member of the private and religious sector. One of the major problems of the university
is the maintenance of its surroundings with only a limited number of non-teaching
personnel.

VII. Matrix of Service Learning Program Activities

MATRIX OF SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
PROGRAM NEXUS ACTIVITIES COMPETENCIES PERSONS IN-CHARGE
OUTCOME AND THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES
Practice professionalism, Nexus 7:  Preliminary  Restoration  Mother
good corporate CICM-N Activities: object and -Responsible on
citizenship, ethics, social Program environmental checking the plants
responsibility and area assessment
(CICM advocacy. we’re going to use.
manifest inclusiveness in initiation and planning.
all aspects of the BS Plant selection  Creativity and
to care  Father
Architecture profession. thinker.
for and materials
Mother acquisition  Promote -Responsible on
healthy checking the area of
Nature)
environment. implementation.
or  During Project
gardening  Time
Implementation: management.  Me (Chelsea)
Cleaning the  Nature lover. -Will do the
project area and documentation and
 Learn to
planning plants preparation of needed
recycle.
on the reused equipment.
plastic bottles.

 Final Procedure:
Maintenance of
plants and
submission of
progress report.

VIII. Appendices
 A. Plant Design / Program of Activities (Activity – Competencies – Date and
Venue – Assessment)

Plant Design / Program of Activities

Date and Activity Competencies Assessment
Venue
January-  Preliminary Activities:  Restoration and Approved SLP.
February 2021, 1. Schedule a environmental
Home meeting with your advocacy.
family to discussed  Creativity and
the program and thinker.
the problems.  Promote
2. Secure and healthy
prepare all the environment.
documents  Time
needed. management.
3. Set a date of doing  Nature lover.
the program.  Learn to
recycle.
 Work ethics

March- April  During Project Project Evaluation

2021, Home Implementation:
1. Always prepare the
cultivating materials
(flowers), pots,
fertilizers, cleaning
materials and painting
materials.
2. Remove the unnecessary
existing plants such as
weeds and dried plants
in the project area
3. Make a flower pot using
plastic bottles.
4. Put soil and fertilizers in
the plastic bottle pot.
5. Plant the seed on the
pot.
6. To add visual design,
paint the plastic bottles
with painting materials.
May 2021,  Final Procedure: Continuously restores and
Home 1. Check and ask feedbacks maintain the community
about the project. clean and ensure
2. Evaluate and submission environmental
of final requirement sustainability.
which includes the
documents of the entire
progress of the project.

IX. IMPACT ASSESSMENT PLAN

This program justifies interaction with family members and the community,
which is one of the basic values of being a Louisian. Participating in this
form of program leads to being an environmentally aware individuals and
assisting the planet in becoming green and clean. This type of program
gives us opportunity to do what is right for our community and
environment, and it is a big responsibility for us particularly for young
people in society and by doing so, we can sustain in and maintain
cleanliness. Not only that, but we should also persuade other young people
to follow in our footsteps. This is an amazing experience because it comes
with a benefits related to growth and knowledge in general.