Thanks to Rick Steves, Lynnwood Hygiene Center has a permanent home

By: Angelica Relente

Outlets: My Neighborhood News Group

Published: December 17, 2025

Words: 548

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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The Jean Kim Foundation’s (JKF) Hygiene Center in Lynnwood is here to stay.

Edmonds-based European travel guide and philanthropist Rick Steves announced at an event Wednesday at the hygiene center that he purchased the property the center sits on shortly after learning of plans to close it.

“I vividly remember what it’s like as a kid backpacking around the world to need a shower,” Steves said at the event. “This is a place …

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