Local Social Welfare and Care

FEDS actively exerts its own influence, often uses the space of the department stores to hold public welfare activities, calls on the public to pay attention to social issues, gathers multiple resources, attracts more love and care for women and children, children in rural areas, vulnerable groups and the elderly, and helps people in need.

FEDS has been supporting local agriculture for a long time, making good use of the strength of distribution channels throughout Taiwan, holding agricultural products markets to sell Taiwanese agricultural specialties, so that consumers can directly buy the freshest agricultural products from farmers, practicing "local production, local consumption". By promoting the purchase of local ingredients, we help small farmers solve production and marketing problems and promote the sustainable development of Taiwan's agriculture.

Caring for the society and connecting the power of love

In order to improve the situation of disadvantaged women and children, FEDS has been caring for the public welfare of women and children through sponsorship, fundraising, donations and other means. In 2022, 201 related activities were held, aiming to use the power of the "public welfare platform" to care about the plight of women and help them lead a happy life.

Preventing domestic violence and lighting up hope

According to statistics from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, there were over 90,000 reported cases of domestic violence in the first half of 2022. To raise awareness of this social issue, FEDS Xinyi A13 and the Modern Women’s Foundation held a 14-day series of activities, including parent-child DIY experiences and advocacy signboards, to encourage the public to pay attention to domestic violence and child protection issues.

Protecting mommy together to prevent health red light

FEDS has been emphasizing women’s rights and health for a long time. For 10 consecutive years, the Kaohsiung Store has been holding breast checkup events and has been inviting the breast screening and X-ray cars from Lingya District Public Health Center, Kaohsiung City to the store, advocating the concept that prevention is better than treatment. More than 100 women participated in the checkups on the day.

Raising love to warm children

To reduce the financial burden of purchasing stationery for single-parent families, the Paoching Store held a second-hand stationery raising event in April 2022, inviting the public to donate various stationery. The activity received a lot of response. In just 7 days, more than 200 items of stationery were collected, and all of them were donated to the Garden of Hope Foundation, so that every child can learn happily.

Caring for rural areas and lighting up hope

Affected by the social environment and economic conditions, many rural families face difficulties in life. To help more rural families, FEDS organizes resource raising, fundraising and other public welfare activities from time to time to spread love in rural areas, improve their living environment, allow rural families to get better care, and look forward to a better future.

Holding Christmas charity lighting for 14 consecutive years to celebrate the festival with rural children

Every year on Christmas Eve, the Tainan Store holds the “Christmas Charity Lighting” event to provide a warm light for children in rural areas.During the lighting ceremony that night, together with the Tainan City Government, FEDS donated backpacks and bento boxes to children in 11 rural primary schools, and Chairman Douglas Hsu personally presented 374 pairs of sports shoes, implying running for a better tomorrow.

Providing immediate disaster relief and passing on warmth

In September 2022, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Hualien County, severely damaging some houses and roads in the Hualien Mountains, and trapped people in rural areas. The Hualien Store took practical actions to care for the local people. Together with the affiliated companies of the Far Eastern Group, nearly 1,600 supplies were prepared and sent to the remote areas of Hualien County to help the villagers overcome the inconvenience.

Providing warmth during the festival to enrich children's lives

Mega City Banqiao Store teamed up with the New Taipei City Government to hold a series of activities called “inviting friends to play children’s toys”. There were 51 special booths and 16 performances on environmental protection and humanistic care, hoping to give children a happy Children’s Day. In addition, Mega City Banqiao also donated sports backpacks to children in 4 rural schools as holiday gifts, so that children can feel warm blessings.

Caring for the disadvantaged and spreading love

FEDS is aware that many disadvantaged families face more challenges in their lives due to lack of living ability or the influence of social environment. In order to improve the situation of disadvantaged groups, we continue to integrate resources, donate money and materials to help the disadvantaged, hold publicity activities to promote the rights and interests of the disadvantaged, and encourage the public to pay attention to human rights issues together, moving forward together with them towards a better future.

Love at Christmas and realizing the wishes of disadvantaged children

In order to make disadvantaged children embrace Christmas happily, in 2022, 7 branches of FEDS launched 10 Christmas public welfare activities such as adopting wishes and sharing Christmas dinner. Among them, the Hualien Store has held Christmas gift adoption activities for 9 times. The public was invited to dress up as Santa Claus to realize the wishes of disadvantaged children and send them the warmest blessing. This activity was specially combined with the “Book Raising Project”, and 350 gifts and more than 300 books were given to disadvantaged children on Christmas Eve, hoping that every child can spend Christmas with laughter.

Special exhibition of understanding the craniofacial defects

Every year in Taiwan, hundreds of children are born with craniofacial defects due to dysplasia. In order to draw more people’s attention to this issue, the 4 branches of FEDS cooperated with the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation to exhibit a 2-month-long “The first touch 2.0” interactive exhibition, inviting the public to know the story of the perseverance of the craniofacial families, arouse the power of respecting life, and give the most warm care to the disadvantaged groups.

Warm meals and giving back to the society with love

On the day of the winter solstice, the Tainan Store joined hands with counter vendors to hold a “Send Warmth in Winter” event to give back to the society, inviting 50 underprivileged children and families to enjoy delicious meals, and donating 100 meal coupons to social welfare organizations for those disadvantaged families in need, hoping to pass on warmth with small actions.

Caring for the Elderly and promoting happy elderly life

In 2022, the number of elderly people over 65 years old in Taiwan has exceeded 4 million, and Taiwan is facing the challenge of becoming a super-aging society. To enable the elderly to have a good quality of life, FEDS organizes activities with local governments, charities and other groups from time to time to encourage the elderly to go outdoors more, create a comfortable and healthy life for the elderly, and realize the vision of social inclusion.

Respecting and caring for the elderly in Chongyang Festival

The Hualien Store always cares for the elderly. On the Double Ninth Festival in 2022, it visited the Ai Hualien Physical Bank and presented nearly 80 exquisite gifts to the local elders, with a total value of nearly NT$40,000, sending the warmest wishes to the elders, celebrating the Chongyang Festival with them, and expressing the importance and care for the elderly.

Elderly patch art exhibition depicts the good scenery of life

In order to listen to the voices of the elders, the Hualien Store and Mercyland Foundation jointly organized a two-week “Elderly Patch Art Exhibition”. Behind each patch, there are life stories of the elders. During the event, many elders came to tell the concept of the work, and interacted closely with the public, so as to affirm their self-worth.

Bringing warmth in the cold winter and caring for the seniors

The Kaohsiung Store has been caring for the elderly for a long time. In the cold winter, it invited people to connect with each other and organized a public welfare activity called “Sending Warmth in Cold Winter – Raising Bentos and Giving Love”. All 200 bentos raised were donated to the elders in need, hoping to warm the hearts of the elders with delicious bentos.

Support and promote local farmers

FEDS has been supporting local agriculture for a long time, making good use of the strength of distribution channels throughout Taiwan, holding agricultural products markets to sell Taiwanese agricultural specialties, so that consumers can directly buy the freshest agricultural products from farmers, practicing "local production, local consumption". In the past 3 years, FEDS has held 286 agricultural market activities, assembled more than 2,750 booths, exhibited and sold nearly 11,980 products, and created more than NT$1.03 billion in sales and business opportunities in the past 15 years. By promoting the purchase of local ingredients, we help small farmers solve production and marketing problems and promote the sustainable development of Taiwan's agriculture.

Tainan mango festival supports local small farmers

Mango is a famous agricultural specialty product in Tainan. In order to let consumers in the north enjoy the sweet and delicious Tainan mango, the Banqiao Store is co-organized the “2022 Tainan International Mango Festival” with the Tainan City Government for the first time. On the day of the event, Chairman Douglas Hsu, President Nancy Hsu and the Mayor of Tainan were invited to present in person to jointly promote Tainan’s high-quality mangoes. At the same time, a bidding activity for top mangoes was held, and the winning bids were used to cultivate fruit farmers, support Taiwan’s industry, and give full play to the synergy of public welfare.

Rural regeneration carnival lights up agricultural economy

The Kaohsiung Store upholds the spirit of caring for the local area, supports the government to promote the rural regeneration plan, and cooperates with the Agricultural Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government to hold the “Rural Regeneration Carnival” for 6 consecutive years. 60 booths were gathered at the event site, including Special agricultural and fishery products, cultural and creative products, hand-made experiences, etc., together to promote the unique products of southern Taiwan and develop business opportunities in local rural areas.

Young farmers' market supports local agriculture with actions

In 2022, the Hsinchu Store cooperated with 16 units including the Hsinchu County Farmers Association to hold the “Happy Young Farmers Market”, providing venues for 60 small farmers to exhibit and sell various fresh agricultural products such as dried fruits and grass jelly. It also planned DIY activities such as sorghum mochi and olive preserves, so that the public can experience the unique culture of Hsinchu in depth. The two-day event attracted 5,000 people to visit.