Garner made news just last week when she gave her 85-year-old father a ride in the car he used to drive as a child. Now, her name is being thrown around again, but this time it’s for a kind act that shows how selfless and thoughtful she is.
Reports say Garner was in a Santa Monica Beach parking lot earlier this week when she saw a homeless man who clearly needed help.
The actress is said to have rolled down her car window to talk to the poor stranger. She not only gave the man in the wheelchair a bag with useful things in it, but she also saw that he was walking around without shoes on.
When Garner realized this, she got out of her car, knelt down next to the man, and started putting socks on his feet.
That was such a sweet moment.
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The actress from 13 Going on 30 didn’t stop there; she also took her shoes off and tried to give them to the man.
It was clear right away that the shoes didn’t fit, but Garner wasn’t going to give up. She went up to a nearby paparazzi who had been following her and asked if he could help.
Page Six says she asked, “What size feet do you have?” “Can I buy your shoes for him? He needs a shoe.”
The photographer asked what size the man needed, with Garner informing him that the homeless man was “10 and a half.”
“Oh, I’m 11! Want me to give it to him? I can give it to him,” the paparazzo responded. To his credit, the photographer rejected payment from Garner and gave up his shoes freely.
Of course, Garner’s generosity likely won’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s followed her life and work closely. The actress has long been an advocate of helping others in need, having worked with Save the Children over a decade ago.
“While I did not grow up poor I was surrounded by it and I always said I was a generation and a holler removed from rural poverty,” she once told Southern Living.
“And I went looking and ended up with Save the Children. Because they are definitely the leaders in helping kids in rural America.”
