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On this episode of Bend Don’t Break Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer converses with the new Executive Director of Deschutes Children’s Foundation, Cassi MacQueen.

Cassi’s deep passion for public service and commitment to social change is inspiring. She and Aaron get real about what’s happening in the nonprofit sector of our community and talk about what each of us can do to lend a helping hand.

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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Cassi MacQueen, Executive Director Deschutes Childrens Foundation 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
November 30, 2023

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Cassi MacQueen, Executive Director Deschutes Childrens Foundation 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />November 30, 2023</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">O</span>n this episode of Bend Don't Break Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer converses with the new Executive Director of <a href="https://deschuteschildrensfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Deschutes Children's Foundation</a>, Cassi MacQueen.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full alignright alignright"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the_source_-_bend_don_t_break_113023-2.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/the_source_-_bend_don_t_break_113023-2.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-53274" /></a></figure> <p> Cassi's deep passion for public service and commitment to social change is inspiring. She and Aaron get real about what's happening in the nonprofit sector of our community and talk about what each of us can do to lend a helping hand.</p> <p><b>Listen now</b>:</p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/bend-dont-break-cassi-macqueen-executive-director-deschutes-childrens-foundation" title="Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Cassi MacQueen, Executive Director Deschutes Children&#x27;s Foundation" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Cassi MacQueen, Executive Director Deschutes Children&#x27;s Foundation</a></div> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-cassi-macqueen-executive-director-deschutes-childrens-foundation-20241250/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=53269&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-cassi-macqueen-executive-director-deschutes-childrens-foundation-20241250/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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