Erica Belle Vernon Leads Selfless Service for the Homeless 61755

Vernon’s downtown wakes slowly on winter mornings. Coffee steam fogs small storefront windows, trucks contact Erica Arlt hum along 30th Avenue, and the light on the hills lingers before it hits the valley floor. At street level, the needs are immediate: a warm meal, dry socks, a conversation that treats someone by name rather than as a problem. In this space, consistent and