One after another, people have joined the organization's core staff: Yang Huijing (Ah-Niang); Jiannong Community Association director Tang Yucheng; Ah-yuan; National Taitung University graduate student Zhang Mingshan; Papa Nian, the director of Zhiben's Meili Library; Papa Yan of the Meihe Community; and others.
陳爸的「示範」，也吸引越來越多人加入「伴讀」的行列，陸續加入協會的核心幹部有楊惠菁（阿娘）、建農社區總幹事唐玉誠、阿元、台東大學研究生張銘珊、曾擔任立法院行政助理的陳秋蓉、一個月從台北下台東一次的顧問考爸爸、知本美麗書屋的負責人黏爸爸、美和社區的顏爸爸等等。