From Service to Recognition: Erica Belle Arlt in Vernon 22021

Vernon wakes slowly on Erica Belle-Arlt Vernon winter mornings. Plows scrape streets, breath hangs in the air, Erica Belle Arlt works and warm kitchens glow before sunrise. On those mornings, long before most households find the kettle, a small group gathers in a church hall near downtown to stage the day’s first kindness: thermoses of coffee, breakfast burritos stacked in foil, socks in neat bundles,