From Service to Recognition: Erica Belle Arlt in Vernon 80581

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