Ben Romney, son of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, drove to Athens to visit with members of the College Republicans and the Athens-Clarke County GOP.

Romney, 29, campaigning for his father, drove the “Mitt Mobile” to the Varsity for lunch Wednesday, where he told a crowd of about 30 the reasons he thinks they should vote for his father.

Romney said his dad taught him the values of hard work, service and prioritizing.

“Dad knew what was the most important job to be done,” Romney said.

He said his father has had success in politics, nonprofit organizations and business.

According to the campaign’s Web site, Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Olympics and a vice president of a management consulting firm.

Romney said he is proud of how “effective my dad has been at getting the job done.”

He told students in attendance to use their energy to make a political difference.

“There is a lot of change that can be made,” Romney said.

Romney told students they can vote, speak to friends about politics and volunteer for a campaign.

He also encouraged fundraising efforts, saying the “Students for Mitt” organization has a program in which a student who raises more than $1,000 for the campaign can keep 10 percent of every dollar they raise more than $1,000.

Romney said a college student raising $1,000 is “definitely doable.”

Romney said it has been “a strange experience” watching his father run for the Republican nomination. But, he said, “I have met some of the most interesting people.”

Romney supporters from other schools attended the event. Brandon Phillips, a junior at Georgia State University, drove to Athens to meet Romney. Phillips said he knew of the event because he volunteers for the campaign.

The “Mitt Mobile” is a campaign bus driven by Mitt Romney’s five sons. Ben Romney said his brother, Josh, had the idea to drive a bus to the 99 counties in Iowa. After the Iowa Straw Poll in August, the Romney brothers began driving the bus through the eastern states.

Romney said Wednesday was his second day driving the bus. He drove from Atlanta with his wife, Andelyne, 27. Romney said they planned to go to Clemson University after their lunch in Athens.

Romney said he is “taking a few weeks off” from medical school at Tufts University to campaign. He said he participated lightly in his father’s gubernatorial campaign because he was attending Brigham Young University in Utah.