Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty
Meghan MarkleandPrince Harryknow the importance of giving back.
Local Black-owned food trucks,Paige’s Pastries & BistroandParlay Savory Saloon, served free lunches to those on-site who helped put together today’s events, including a voter registration and education drive, as well as a service project to gather donations for unsheltered and homeless individuals in Atlanta.
Additionally, the annual King Center Commemorative Service was also held, with keynote speaker The Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church.
Reverend Curry also gave the sermon atMeghan and Harry’s weddingceremony in 2018.
“Thank you,Prince Harryand Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, for providing local Black-owned food trucks for @TheKingCenter’s King Day Community Service Project volunteers today,” Bernice wrotein a heartfelt tweetthanking the couple for their contribution. “I’m so grateful for your graciousness in honoring my father. #MLKDay #BelovedCommunity.”
Added The King Centerin a separate tweet: “Your care matters so much to those here to register and educate voters and collect items for our homeless neighbors.”
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Meghan and Harry are no strangers to giving back to important causes, following in the footsteps of Harry’s mom,the late Princess Diana, who was known for her humanitarian work.
The couple regularly do charity work through theirArchewell Foundation, whose “core purpose is to uplift and unite communities — local and global, online and offline — one act of compassion at a time.”
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The same month, the Duke of Sussex announced in a statement that he would be donating $1.5 million from hisforthcoming memoirto hisSentebalefoundation, which he founded in 2006.
“This is one of several donations I plan to make to charitable organizations and I’m grateful to be able to give back in this way for the children and communities who gravely need it,“he saidin a statement at the time.
source: people.com
