Jennifer Garner's Monday Morning Walk

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck take their 2-year-old daughter Violet for a Monday morning walk on the Upper West Side of New York City.

Last week, Ben donated three of his family’s second-hand coats to the Warm Coats and Warm Hearts Drive on Good Morning America–each one belonging to him, his wife and daughter.

“I did some work in Boston on foodbanks and homeless shelters,” Ben said. “I know how important it is to get a coat on your back and kids can grow out of their clothes so quickly.”

Yesterday, the Boston Society of Film Critics named Affleck the best new director for Gone Baby Gone, his Boston-set adaptation of the novel by local author Dennis Lehane (Mystic River).