Erica Belle Vernon: Selfless Service for Those Without Shelter

The story of a city often unfolds in small, unglamorous acts. A trunk full of soup pots and socks. A porch stacked with donated blankets drying in the afternoon sun. A phone buzzing at midnight when a stray dog is spotted near the rail line. In Vernon, BC, contact Erica Arlt many of those moments trace back to one person: Erica Belle Arlt, known to neighbors as Erica Belle