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A portrait of Adari Butler, 17, with founder Ian Elmore\u2019Moore behind him inside Glacier Italian Ice Atlanta, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. FREDDIE COLEMAN IV\/NABJ Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ian Elmore\u2019Moore drives Adari Butler to the Atlanta BeltLine Glacier Italian Ice location near the Atlanta BeltLine, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026 in Atlanta FREDDIE COLEMAN IV\/NABJ Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adari Butler, 17, prepares the store for his afternoon shift at the Glacier Italian Ice Atlanta BeltLine location, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Atlanta. FREDDIE COLEMAN IV\/NABJ Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adari Butler, 17, listens to Ian Elmore\u2019Moore, during a ride to Butler\u2019s afternoon shift at Glaciers Italian Ice Mercedes Benz, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Atlanta. FREDDIE COLEMAN IV\/NABJ Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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People play chess inside Glacier Italian Ice in Atlanta, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. FREDDIE COLEMAN IV\/NABJ Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From left to right, Ezra Reese\u2019Kelly, 6, and Isaac Reese\u2019Kelly, 8, read comics and eat Italian Ice inside Glacier Italian Ice Atlanta, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. FREDDIE COLEMAN IV\/NABJ Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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By Freddie Coleman IV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glaciers Italian Ice is an Atlanta nonprofit that not only serves ice-cold sweets but also provides a safe place for young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 2021 by Ian Elmore-Moore, Glaciers Italian Ice has a vision to \u201ccreate a world in which our youth and young adults are optimistic about their future.\u201d He started the organization to respond to more than 1,000 calls to police complaining about young people in Atlanta selling water and allegedly scamming passersby in their cars, informally known as the \u201cAtlanta Water Boyz.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glaciers Italian Ice is an entrepreneurship program that, in addition to Italian ice, offers counseling, study hall and financial literacy as well as movie and game nights. Elmore-Moore calls the young people in the program Mountaineers. \u201cThey’re always climbing mountains or hurdles and obstacles in their life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the Mountaineers is 17-year-old Adari Butler, who has been a part of the program for two years. \u201cIt did help me overall become a better young man,\u201d Butler said. It taught him how to control his emotions and be consistent, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glaciers Italian Ice provides a place for young men to learn and grow in Atlanta with a side of Italian ice. Glaciers Italian Ice has two locations: 1996 Sylvan Road SW and 1089 Allene Ave. SW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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