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LYNNWOOD, Wash. — A Lynnwood facility that provides free daily showers and restrooms for people experiencing homelessness has been saved from closing, thanks to travel writer and TV host Rick Steves, ...

The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is supported by Campion Foundation, Raikes Foundation and Seattle Foundation. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. Sandra ...

Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had... Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center ...

Re: “Rick Steves buys ‘the most beautiful Christmas’ gift for homeless folks in Lynnwood” (Dec. 25, A1): Yay to author and TV host Rick Steves! Buying that building so the Lynnwood Hygiene Center ...

An anonymous donor stepped in last month to save a Seattle-area community center that was slated to close. Last week, community members learned that the new owner was travel writer and TV host Rick ...

Traveling during the holidays in Europe, you’ll find the season marked not by the number of shopping days left until Christmas, but by a long series of winter festivals – both pagan and Christian – ...

It was so heartwarming to read about Rick Steves’ recent purchase of the property that will allow people in need to continue to take showers, wash clothing, receive food and counsel from social ...