Youth is served in this Ice Cream Business

Kids love the sound of the ice cream truck bell. And why not? That ice cream bell is the sound of summer vacation and outdoor fun.

Yet, one youngster in Georgia is looking at the ice cream truck business from a businessman’s perspective. This 11-year-old owns his own ice cream truck.

The boy’s parents say this ice cream truck actually started when the boy was eight. It was then that he told his parents he wanted an ice cream truck.

The family could not afford an actual ice cream truck, so they had a family friend set up a freezer to a welded frame on wheels.

Now, the young man and his family do about two to three events per week. They stop at weddings, festivals, fundraisers and other events where ice cream would be appreciated. The family says they donate some of the earnings to charity, things like fundraisers and non-profits.

The young man has bigger dreams that go beyond just selling ice cream out of a moving vehicle. He’s all in on the ice cream business, saying he’d eventually like to make his own line of ice cream, including gluten-free ice cream, sugar-free ice cream and lactose-free ice cream.

He also has a saying he is quite fond of: “Happiness is ice cream!”

This is a great story for National Ice Cream month. It is another example of how ice cream can help people come together and dream of bigger and better things. A bit hokey? Perhaps. But we are always looking for feel-good stories that remind why we love ice cream. We want to build memories when we head to our favorite ice cream spot. Those memories last a lifetime.