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Homemade ice cream has healing powers
Youth connects with customers while serving fresh, frozen dessert
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Homemade Ice Cream Gifts and More employee Amanda Wheelis pours chocolate ice cream mix into the mechanical churn at the shop in Helen. - photo by CHELSEY ABERCROMBIE
For Kathy Lemoine, owner of Homemade Ice Cream Gifts and More, the path to owning a ice cream business was an unconventional one. Lemoine and her son, Andrew Reaster, first encountered their business’ current location in Helen when then-13-year-old Reaster started creating marble necklaces. Reaster, who suffers from Asperger syndrome, created so many necklaces Lemoine realized she couldn’t cope with the volume.