Ben Affleck Visits Boston Food Bank

I got to see a lot of Roxbury, Dorchester, and also Lowell - a lot of neighborhoods I wasn't that familiar with," said Ben, who was on hand for America's Second Harvest's national "Goin' Home for Hunger" campaign.

Ben, who spent Saturday night at Fenway Park with bride Jennifer Garner cheering on his beloved Red Sox [team stats] to a 11-6 victory against the Yankees, said he was "struck" during his location scout "by how much of the city was struggling in the face of needing something to eat and really not being able to afford, on their salaries, the basic fundemental necessities."

He said, "Eighty percent of people have a place to live and just can't afford to buy food."

So, ah, Ben, did you pony up a few bucks to the Food Bank???

"I, ah, I am about to, ah, go in the back and write a check, yes," Affleck answered, illiciting the crowd's laughter after looking sheepishly at Food Bank biggie Catherine D'Amato.

After his charitable speech, Ben hit the Food Bank's warehouse to sort produce for delivery.

"You can't teach this," he joked to volunteers between parceling out potato sacks and heads of green cauliflower into the food sorting boxes. "You either have the skill or you don't."

(Mavrix)

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