Emotional Jennifer Garner volunteers at food truck after revealing friend from church perished in LA wildfire disaster

Emotional Jennifer Garner volunteers at food truck after revealing friend from church perished in LA wildfire disaster

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Jennifer Garner is chipping in.

On Friday, the actress, 52, partnered with World Central Kitchen and Chef José to feed firefighters and evacuees from the Los Angeles wildfires at the Jack in the Box in Altadena.

Garner was pictured chatting with other volunteers and stopped to take a selfie with those who came out to the food truck to receive a meal.

January 9, 2025, Pacific Palisades, California, USA: World Central Kitchen (WCK) serves free food to California fire victims at the Jack in the Box in Altadena, which has been decimated by the Eaton fire. 09 Jan 2025. ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA

Dressed casually for the occasion in jeans, a zip-up sweatshirt and baseball cap, the “13 Going on 30” star carried a box of food from the truck out to those waiting.

The mom-of-three resides in Brentwood, the neighborhood next to the Pacific Palisades, which has been largely destroyed by the Palisades fire.

She says her house has been unaffected by the blaze, but with wind conditions subject to turn at any time and the fire largely uncontained, the actress isn’t out of the clear.

Volunteer and Actress Jennifer Garner prepares food for the World Central Kitchen. ZUMAPRESS.com

Earlier on Friday, during an interview on MSNBC, Garner revealed she has lost a friend in the blaze. 

The “Alias” alum told anchor Katy Tur that a friend she knew through church had passed. 

“I did lose a friend, and for our church, it’s really tender so I don’t feel like we should talk about it yet,” Garner told the journalist, choking up. “I did lose a friend. She didn’t get out in time.”

The death toll from the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires the past few days officially rose to 11 on Saturday and has now collectively scorched over 35,000 acres and counting.

Jennifer Garner serves free food to California fire victims. ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA

“My heart bleeds for my friends,” Garner continued. “I mean, I can think of 100 families, and there are 5,000 homes lost. I can — without even [thinking] — I could just write out a list of 100 friends who lost their homes.”

“I feel almost guilty walking through my house.”

She noted, “You know, what can I do? How can I help? What can I offer? What do I have to offer with these hands and these walls and the safety that I have?”

Garner spoke with MSNBC in the midst of volunteering with Andrés, 55, telling Tur, 41, that the chef’ serving those affected by the fires “is an incredible thing to watch.”

January 10, 2025, Pacific Palisades, California, USA: WCK Volunteer and Actress Jennifer Garner volunteers for the World Central Kitchen. ZUMAPRESS.com

“World Central Kitchen and Chef José just come in and [said], ‘We’ve got you. We’ve got this handled. Don’t worry.’”

“I’ve lived in and around the Palisades for 25 years, so I just think all of us, we want to get our hands into working, somehow, to be helpful,” she continued. “And because of my work with Save The Children, we have a relationship with the chef, and I was able to just say, ‘Can I be with you for the day? What can I do to help? Put me to work.’”

Many celebrities rank among the thousands who have fled or lost their homes due to the devastating blaze.

Anthony Hopkins, Billy Crystal, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Paris Hilton, Anna Faris, Steve Guttenberg, Mel Gibson, Tina Knowles, Miles Teller, Cobi Smulders, Melissa Rivers, Jeff Bridges, Candy Spelling, Eugene Levy and Adam Brody and Leighton Meester are all A-listers whose homes have been affected by the fires.

View of the remains of building destroyed by the Palisades wildfire in Malibu Los Angeles. ALLISON DINNER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Spencer Pratt called losing his home a “nightmare come true.”

“When your house burns down and you have nothing, your parents’ house burns down, and they have nothing,” he said in a TikTok video while picking up a bag of bagels. “Obviously, I’m in shock. My brain’s not functioning, I think this is the most unhinged post you’ve seen.”

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