Using Ice Cream to Pay for College

Let’s start with two undisputed facts:

1. Ice cream is delicious
2. College is expensive

So what do these two facts have in common? Plenty, if you are a Pennsylvania high school student with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Ben Gelenberg is getting ready to load up his van and sling ice cream around Patton Township, Pennsylvania this summer. The name of his mobile ice cream business? College Fund Ice Cream and Frozen Treats.

Patton Township is not far from Penn State, where Gelenberg is likely to attend, possibly to study professional golf management (who knew) or history in hopes of becoming a teacher.

Let’s go back to one of those indisputable truths: College costs money. A lot of money. So Gelenberg plans to put his ice cream funds toward his college fund.

That entrepreneurial spirit runs in the family. Ben’s parents have owned residential property for 24 years. Now at 17, Ben feels like he is ready to step out and run his own ship (or van). He says he’s been helping with his parents’ residential properties since he was ten years old.

Ben’s dad came up with the initial idea of the ice cream business, reading how others had done the same thing in other parts of the country.

Ben has also learned about the legal aspect of the independent ice cream business. He knows he has to stay within town lines when selling his treats, or face a fine.

Ben’s plan is just another way ice cream can bring something positive to people’s lives. Even when it comes to college tuition.