Lin's idea has stirred the islanders and won the support of the Cosmic Light Media Center, which has just launched a program of fund-raising activities in the name: "In Time for the Neediest, 1991," with a target of NT $ 20 million.
林茂安的構想不僅感動了蘭嶼人，也獲得宇宙光傳播中心的大力支持與協助。宇宙光為此在五月間發起了「一九九一送炭到蘭嶼」義演活動，為蘭嶼青少年文化活動中心籌款，目標為二千萬元。