Our Story
Serving Ice Cream with a Purpose
Midland Ice Cream is an enterprise of Bloom Enterprises of Georgia, a Gainesville non-profit that serves adults with different abilities. The goal of the organization is to help the youth and adults achieve independence and self worth with life skills and employment to sustain them the rest of their lives.
The ice cream cart provides inclusive employment opportunities and on-the-job training for adults with different abilities, increasing their independence while also raising awareness throughout our community.
Making A Difference
- Vocational Training in Food Services
- Customer Service Training
- Identifying Talents & Providing Support
- Building Work Ethic, & Accountability
- Developing Problem-Solving Skills
- Peer Support & Teamwork
- Interactive Experiences to Enhance Social Skills
- Sense of Self-worth & Accomplishment
- Engagement & Progress
- Encouragement for Families
- Positively Influence Attitudes Towards Individuals with Differences
- Celebrate a Diversity Community
- Provide Meaningful Social Interactions Between Patrons & Employees
- Shift Negative Beliefs to See the Whole Person & Their Abilities
- Inspire Further Inclusion & Accessibility
- Remove Barriers to Employing Adults with Different Abilities
- Fill Voids in Local Workforce Through Accessible & Fair Employment