After the 9-21 Earthquake of 1999, the Temple of Merciful Blessing donated NT $ 20 million to the government to help with disaster response, but not knowing how the government used the money made them uneasy. After Chen became the head of the temple in 2001, he made it his policy to go and investigate personally every time the temple received a request for assistance.
九二一大地震時，慈祐宮捐了新台幣兩千萬給政府賑災，但不知政府如何使用，總覺得心裡不踏實。二○○一年陳玉峰擔任總幹事後，每次接到救助申請，他一定實地調查當地所需，然後將所有物資、金錢親自送到民眾手上。