Have you met the Ice Cream Man? Not the guy who makes you pay for the ice cream he sells, but Matt Allen (shown right) – a.k.a. Free Ice Cream Man. Matt’s mission is to travel the world, giving away half a million ice cream treats. To date, he’s given away 125,000, so he’s not finished yet.
Ice Cream Man achieves his mission through sponsorships by companies like Blue Bunny (who makes ice cream of course). And he says he pays for gas on his debit/credit card but doesn’t really pay too much attention to how much it adds up to (which is probably a good thing if he doesn’t want to get too depressed).
My biggest question for Matt was why? To which he answers… “Here are a few reasons: 1. Free ice cream makes people happy, 2. Because I know there’s a way I can give away hundreds of thousands of free ice creams, 3. It’s the best job in the world (I think), and 4. Hopefully, it’ll inspire and motivate people to get out and do stuff, like fulfilling their dreams.”
Hmmm… guess that about sums it up. Oh except for one more thing.
Matt, could you head over to my neighborhood next?
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