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Rick Steves Saves Lynnwood Hygiene Center for Homeless

12/31/2025

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Rick Steves, travel writer, purchased the Lynnwood Hygiene Center near Seattle for $2.25 million to prevent its closure.
The center serves about 700 homeless individuals annually, providing showers and meals.
Steves learned about the center's plight through a local news article and said, "If we don't have [$2.25 million] for a whole county to give homeless people a shower... what kind of society are we?"

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Story summary

Rick Steves, travel writer, purchased the Lynnwood Hygiene Center near Seattle for $2.25 million to prevent its closure.
The center serves about 700 homeless individuals annually, providing showers and meals.
Steves learned about the center's plight through a local news article and said, "If we don't have [$2.25 million] for a whole county to give homeless people a shower... what kind of society are we?"