Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spent the days leading up to Thanksgiving doing what they’ve consistently said matters most to them: showing up for their local community.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex volunteered alongside the Archewell Foundation team at Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles (OBKLA), helping prepare and package meals for Angelenos facing food insecurity.
The family affair included their children, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4, who joined them inside the kitchen as volunteers worked through a large-scale cooking session.
Per the organization's website, OBKLA is a community-run nonprofit that brings together volunteers to prepare fresh, restaurant-quality meals that are later distributed to schools, shelters, senior centers, and service organizations across Los Angeles.
According to the Archewell Foundation, the meals prepared during the Sussexes’ visit were delivered to organizations including Los Angeles Mercy Housing, Pico Union Project, and PATH, all of which serve residents experiencing housing and food instability. OBKLA produces tens of thousands of meals each year, operating out of a kosher industrial kitchen that focuses on dignity, inclusion, and community connection.
Photos shared by Archewell showed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle working alongside volunteers, packaging food and moving through the kitchen as a hands-on team.
In several images, Archie and Lilibet could be seen participating in age-appropriate tasks, including rolling dough, while wearing OBKLA-branded hats. Meghan later shared moments from the day on her Instagram Stories, captioning one image simply, “Show up, do good.”
The visit aligns closely with how Meghan Markle has spoken publicly about teaching her children to understand food, patience, and shared responsibility.
Speaking earlier this year on the Aspire with Emma Grede podcast, she explained that gardening at home has been a way to show Archie and Lilibet where food comes from and why it matters. “You start from seed, and you watch it grow,” she said, adding that those lessons naturally lead into conversations about sharing with others in the community.
OBKLA’s model centers on exactly that idea. Over the past year, the organization hosted hundreds of cooking sessions, engaging thousands of volunteers and feeding more than 100,000 people in need. Its mission emphasizes both nourishment and connection, creating space for people to contribute meaningfully while supporting those experiencing hardship.