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Children in need get a private shopping session before LNY
2026/02/14 17:32
Every year ahead of Lunar New Year, Taiwanese apparel brand NET holds a one-hour closed-store shopping session at its Taipei flagship, giving children from families in need a rare chance to choose their own holiday outfits using vouchers. CNA spoke with Snow Wu and Hope Lu (both pseudonyms) and their parents about what the experience means to them, traced how the program began, and heard from the partnering NGO on why it offers more than new clothes.
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