A partnership between Chicago State University and the local volunteer office of General Electric creates two layers of support for a local community-based organization. Volunteers come in pairs one student serves as an intern for the nonprofit and one GE employee serves as an advisor to the nonprofit. The GE volunteers also serve as mentors to the students during the internship. This organizational structure allows both parties to contribute their service. At the same time, it provides support for student volunteers that would usually need to be issued by the nonprofit itself.
