When her financial situation began to stabilize in the 1990s, Chen took her life savings of NT $ 500,000 and used the money to buy a brand-new black jeep. Taking advantage of her new mobility, she went zooming around the larger townships of Taipei County encouraging women to read, fostering their sense of self, and building bridges between rural women and government resources. Chen's Taipei County campaign was a great success.
到了民國八○年代，陳來紅由於經濟已漸穩定，遂以自己身上僅有的一張五十萬定存私房錢，換來一輛嶄新的黑色吉普車，風塵僕僕地穿梭在北縣各大鄉鎮，除了希望積極推動女性讀書的風氣、實現女性自我，也為草根婦女搭建與政策資源連結的橋樑。