I worked at an ice cream shop in the early 2000s that did this for cub scouts. They had a great time and got free ice cream. It's not like we were actually making them work, lol. It's a novelty experience for children.
Sounds nice. Was the ice cream social being run by insane brain damaged Jesus freaks that are bent on influencing how kids see the world, to their narrow, hate mongering way of thinking?