Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner — and their three children — reunited for Thanksgiving to feed homeless people in Los Angeles.
The actors, who divorced in 2018, gathered for The Midnight Mission’s Thanksgiving Day Celebration. According to the website of the shelter, in addition to feeding more than 2,500 people who are homeless, its “Thanksgiving Street Festival” offers live music and hygiene products to people in need.
According to People, Affleck and Garner’s three children were present as well.
“Today, we were honored to have Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner join us at The Midnight Mission for Thanksgiving,” the shelter captioned an Instagram photo of Garner and Affleck. “Their kindness, warmth, and dedication brought so much joy to our Skid Row community. Thank you, Ben and Jennifer, for serving meals and sharing smiles on this special day. Your compassion reminds us all of the true meaning of Thanksgiving — coming together to support one another.”
The ex-couple gathered after the loss of 9-year-old golden retriever dog Birdie.
Garner announced Birdie’s death on Instagram, writing, “It is hard to know how to write this — it seems nuts, given the world, to mourn a pet, but since we have shared Birdie with all of you, it only seems fair to let you know of her passing.”
She continued, “Birdie let us know on Thursday that she wasn’t feeling herself (a renowned foodie, Birdie never missed a meal).”
“We were surprised to learn that, not only was she very ill, she was at the end of her life,” Garner wrote. “The vet told us that dogs often hang on until their person comes home from college and we believe Birdie did just that, so that we could pet her soft ears together and thank her for being the world’s best dog.”
Violet Affleck, their oldest daughter, is a freshman at Yale University, which just went on break for Thanksgiving.
Affleck is in divorce proceedings with Jennifer Lopez. They married in July 2022 and Lopez filed for divorce on August 20, 2024. Lopez is the mother of 16-year-old Max and Emme, whom she shares with ex-husband, singer Marc Anthony.