May 12, 2021
CHARLESTON (AP) First lady Jill Biden and actor Jennifer Garner are set to visit West Virginia on Thursday.
Biden’s office announced Tuesday that the pair will tour Arnoldsburg Elementary School in Clay County and visit a COVID-19 vaccination center at Capital High School in Charleston.
Biden will arrive and depart from Yeager Airport in Charleston, her office said in a statement. There she will visit with West Virginia National Guard members and their families.
Garner grew up in Charleston. She has previously testified before Congress in support of education programs for preschoolers in poverty.
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Jill Biden is joining White House efforts to woo Democratic Senator Joe Manchin
Manchin wields much power in Senate and President Biden needs his vote to pass his jobs plan and his families plan
Senator will join first lady on her trip to West Virginia on Thursday
Actress Jennifer Garner, a West Virginia native, will also be there
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The two actors were there to help distribute food among the migrants, including chicken soup and some fruit.
The Alias star shared a video to her Instagram on Tuesday, documenting her experience during the border visit.
Volunteer work: The two actors were there to help distribute food among the migrants, including chicken soup and some fruit
In a lengthy caption, the brunette beauty wrote: Last week my wonderful friend @edgarramirez25 and I visited Casa Alitas, a shelter for migrant families, and one of @savethechildren s 35 partners along the Southern border of the US. The takeaways: 1. Edgar says it best: No one wants to leave home. Children and families are arriving to the US Mexico border, having fled unimaginable violence and disasters in their home countries.♥️
Jennifer Garner to Take Second Trip With Jill Biden, Visiting Vaccination Site and West Virginia School
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11 May 2021
Actress Jennifer Garner will be accompanying First Lady Jill Biden to West Virginia on Thursday to visit schools in the state.
Garner, who grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, is expected to visit Arnoldsburg Elementary School with Jill Biden, as well as a vaccination site at Capital High School in Charleston, according to a report by
Charleston Gazette-Mail.
The actress was originally supposed to visit Alabama with Jill Biden in March, but the trip was canceled due to bad weather.
First lady Jill Biden will travel to West Virginia on Thursday with actress Jennifer Garner to visit schools in the area.The White House said in an advisory that Biden and Garner would be touring Arnoldsburg Elementary School as well as a vaccination site at Capital High School in Charleston.Garner, who grew up in Charleston, was originally meant to visit Alabama with Biden to promote the American Rescue Plan, but was unable to make the trip.