--- title: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Video description: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner do the Ice Bucket Challenge and donate to ALS research. canonical: https://time.com/3144335/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-ice-bucket-challenge-als/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-19T14:15:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:33.607Z og:title: Watch Jennifer Garner Dump Water on Ben Affleck's Head for ALS Ice Bucket Challenge og:description: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner do the Ice Bucket Challenge and donate to ALS research. og:url: https://time.com/3144335/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-ice-bucket-challenge-als/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jennifer Garner Dump Water on Ben Affleck's Head for ALS Ice Bucket Challenge twitter:description: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner do the Ice Bucket Challenge and donate to ALS research. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jennifer Garner Dumps Ben Affleck for ALS Ice Bucket Challenge  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 19, 2014 2:15 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 19, 2014 2:15 PM UTC In a Facebook video uploaded Monday, Jennifer Garner got to dump a bucket of ice water over her husband Ben Affleck, after Tyler Perry challenged the Oscar-winning actor to participate in the “Ice Bucket Challenge.” That’s the Facebook trend in which people post videos of themselves getting doused with ice water, then nominate others to do the same within 24 hours or donate $100 to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) research. Standing poolside, Ben Affleck said he would also be making a donation to the ALS Association. He nominated Jimmy Kimmel, Neil Patrick Harris, Matt Damon and “my wife,” who he introduced as “the lady with the bucket” and then dragged her into the pool. The Ice Bucket Challenge trend has [raised approximately $15.6 million](http://time.com/3136458/viral-als-ice-bucket-challenge-funds-raised-15-million/) for ALS research so far this year. **MORE:** [Here’s How The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Actually Started](http://time.com/3136507/als-ice-bucket-challenge-started/) **LIST:** [Here Are The 27 Best Celebrity Ice Bucket Challenge Videos](http://time.com/3111965/here-are-the-27-best-celebrity-ice-bucket-challenge-videos/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3144335/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-ice-bucket-challenge-als/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3144335/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-ice-bucket-challenge-als/"},"headline":"Jennifer Garner Dumps Ben Affleck for ALS Ice Bucket Challenge","datePublished":"2014-08-19T14:15:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:33.607Z","description":"He's making a donation too","url":"https://time.com/3144335/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-ice-bucket-challenge-als/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3144335/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-ice-bucket-challenge-als/","name":"Jennifer Garner Dumps Ben Affleck for ALS Ice Bucket Challenge"}}]}] ```