"Malikshabazz Owens, founder of the 501 c 3 nonprofit organization Welcoming Interim Shared Housing (WISH) aka Welcoming Initiatives for Social Health WISH has dedicated his life to helping the homeless, low-income population, and supporting communities in Los Angeles. Born in Harvey, IL, Malik experienced homelessness and financial instability firsthand for more than 50% of his life, moving frequently between 3 states, and experiencing mutual eviction with his family as a child due to his mother's mental health struggles. Despite these challenges, he persevered, attending Green Mountain College in Vermont, and later working in private security for the Japanese Ambassador while living in New York City, as well as mental health services , and other various professions. In 2014, he moved to LA and began working with homeless service providers, eventually starting WISH in 2020 to fill gaps in existing services. Through WISH, Malik provides tailored, compassionate support to empower individuals in need, including social initiatives like Project Vendigo, a project addressing food insecurity and essential needs for communities by way of 100% free vending machines. Driven by his personal experiences and passion to make a difference, Malik has committed himself fully to WISH, resigning from his full-time job to focus on his nonprofit and create lasting change in the lives of those struggling"
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Instagram: WelcomingWish We would like to thank Vessi shoes , Columbia Sportwear, Adidas, DSW, and Soles4souls for collaborating with WISH to ensure that we can continue to support all Los Angeles county fire victims . We are having a community give away event on March 1st 11am-2pm at the Pasadena Boys and Girls Club of Pasadena to provide brand new shoes and clothing and other essential items for the community. Soles4Souls has been a prominent non profit organization to make the corporate connections. WISH and the CEO Malikshabazz Owens will continue to support all communities to ensure the support is available regardless of government red tape. We continue to embark on social initiatives for all communities. Please be sure to follow us on instagram at WelcomingWish and feel free to donate at ProjectVendigo.Com as we work to restore our main website Welcomewish.org which has been compromised by the tech hackers . We do still have a landing page at
Welcomewish.Org but most of our donation links are on the project Vendigo website. We have been able to provide more that 80000 essential items and new merchandise to communities in need over the past 2 months. Also feel free to to check out our podcast on Spotify: Wish With Us and How I Got Here.
Malikshabazz Owens was brought up in poverty and multiple episodes of homelessness while being raised by a single mother . He effectively made a life for himself and decided to give his heart to the the most vulnerable populations out nation dispute the beuqacratic barriers and hindrance. This is what makes America great
