RICHLAND â The sight of a young child walking in winter without being bundled up sparked a Richland movement.
âA little girl in my sonâs class was walking to school in just a shirt and I asked her âHoney, donât you have a jacket?â â said Mary Arquette, who created what has morphed into a altruistic enterprise known as the Little Fence of Hope.
Arquette said she fetched the girl a hoodie from their house and later bought her a jacket, but it bothered her that a child would be cold and felt she needed to do more.
She and her family live on the corner of Lee Boulevard and Smith Avenue in Richland. She realized her house was positioned perfectly being a stoneâs throw from Richland High, Carmichael Middle and Marcus Whitman Elementary to help students stay warm.