Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck Raise Money for College Gym

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, the Hollywood power couple, are lending some celebrity cachet to a fund-raising event this fall that is seeking $500,000 to replace an athletic facility built in 1947 at the University of Charleston, in West Virginia.

Ms. Garner, who grew up in Charleston, says she swam in the university’s pool as a child and remembers meeting kids from around the world there. Ms. Garner did not attend the institution, but is a friend of the son of the alumni couple that part of the new athletic center is to be named after, according to the Charleston Daily Mail.

“I’m begging you to please support this,” Ms. Garner says in a video message.

Celebrity watchers can expect to pay between $250 for a single ticket to $100,000 for a VIP package.

See the video Ms. Garner made to raise money: