Gratitude Tree

The Gratitude Tree created by Carol Williams offers passersby an chance to express their gratitude.

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Tue., Sept. 22, 2020

Loisa Lagger, 19, left, hangs her message on Carol WilliamÕs Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane.

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Carol Williams hunts for one special note concerning a grandmother fighting cancer that was hanging on her Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane.

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Carol Williams grasps for notes that are hanging on her Tree of Gratitude

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Carol Williams views some of the nearly 200 notes hanging on her Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane.

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Melanie Felgenhauer, 8, finds a note to read on Carol Williams' Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane.

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Nearly 200 notes have been written and placed on the Gratitude Tree at 518 W. 28 Street in Spokane.

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Williams finds one special note concerning a grandmother fighting cancer that was hanging on her Tree of Gratitude

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Carol Williams hunts for one special note concerning a grandmother fighting cancer that was hanging on her Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane.

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Melanie Felgenhauer, 8, displays the note she wrote for the Gratitude Tree in Carol WilliamsÕs front yard, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. Melanie says she wishes, in part, Òthat the virus wus dun.Ó

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Melanie Felgenhauer, 8, hangs her written message on Carol Williams’ Tree of Gratitude

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Joseph Felgenhauer and his daughter, Melanie, read a message placed on the Gratitude Tree and written by his wife and her mother, Laura Felgenhauer, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. The note thanked Carol Williams, the owner of the tree, for spreading joy in the community.

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Lena and Keith Martin, and dog Tugg, stroll past the Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. The pair had placed their gratitude notes on Carol WilliamsÕ tree another day.

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