When the weather outside is frightful, it will be Jennifer Garner – and not husband Ben Affleck – who’ll be trudging through the snow in search of Christmas gifts for family and friends.

“I’m not particularly proud of it. But it’s a bit of a ’50s thing, I guess,” Affleck, 38, tells Ellen DeGeneres of the couple’s holiday-shopping arrangements in an interview airing Wednesday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

“Because my wife is so capable and because I’m less so, she does a lot of that work, and I kind of root her on. I’m encouraging.” (more…)

We now have new layout for gallery. It was made by my friend Laura. Hope you like it.

Actress and Save the Children artist ambassador Jennifer Garner went to Mason County’s Ashton Elementary School on Friday to announce six new programs that will give almost 2,500 rural students access to quality early education, literacy, physical activity and nutrition programs.

Save the Children’s U.S. programs work to break the cycle of poverty and improve the lives of children by ensuring they have access to the resources they need, like a quality education, healthy foods and opportunities to grow and develop in a nurturing environment.

“Nothing makes me happier than being here today to officially open six new sites in West Virginia,” the former Charleston resident said to a packed gymnasium full of elementary school students. (more…)

Jennifer visited the Mason County school Friday afternoon to launch a new Save the Children Education Program.

The southern end of Mason County received a very special visit on Friday afternoon as West Virginia native and actor Jennifer Garner attended Ashton Elementary to speak as a Save the Children Artist Ambassador.

“It is great to be home,” Garner said. “Over the past couple of years, I have worked with Save the Children in several states, but nothing makes me happier than being here in West Virginia to officially open our six new sites.” (more…)

Jennifer attends the launch of six new Save the Children U.S. Program sites at the Ashton Elementary School on November 19, 2010 in Ashton, West Virginia.

GALLERY LINK:
- Charity 2010 The launch of six new Save the Children U.S. Program

Jennifer turned “Extra’s” Lifechanger when she served as the honorary chair for L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade Culinary Cookout.

Actor and Save the Children’s U.S. Programs Artist Ambassador Jennifer Garner testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families today to advocate for deeper federal investments in early childhood education. Garner advocated for additional funding for Head Start and the Child Care and Development Block Grant, which would fund innovative early childhood education programs.

“The words a toddler hears, the music that makes them tap their feet and the games they play builds the foundation for the next two decades of their education,” said Garner. “Simply put, it should be a right for every single toddler to be enrolled in a high-quality, early education program.” (more…)

Today Jen attends Subcommittee Hearing – The State of the American Child: Securing Our Children’s Future in Washington.

GALLERY LINK:
- Charity The State of the American Child