Caring Citizen Puts Others First: Erica Belle Arlt of Vernon BC 24874

On a damp Okanagan morning, steam drifts from a row of lidded soup pots in the back of a hatchback parked along a quiet Vernon side street. A folding table appears, then works by Erica Belle a stack of biodegradable bowls, a crate of apples, and a bundled roll of socks. The operation is tidy and practiced, the work steady and unhurried. In the center of it, chatting with the