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In this Bend Don’t Break episode, Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer converses with the Executive Director of the Heart of Oregon Corps, Laura Handy.

Laura has served Heart of Oregon Corps for 16 years, led the organization for over 10 years, and has extensive experience networking in the community and building solid partnerships with local change-makers. She talks openly about what the young people (ages 16-24) the program serves bring to the community and her joy in interfacing with this age group. Listen up and learn more about the Heart of Oregon Corps tremendous programs.

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This article appears in Source Weekly February 22, 2024.

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LISTEN: Laura Handy, Executive Director Heart of Oregon Corps 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 28, 2024

<h1>LISTEN: Laura Handy, Executive Director Heart of Oregon Corps 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 28, 2024</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">I</span>n this Bend Don't Break episode, Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer converses with the Executive Director of the Heart of Oregon Corps, Laura Handy.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full alignright alignright"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bend_don_t_break_022924.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bend_don_t_break_022924.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-55410" /></a></figure> </p> <p>Laura has served Heart of Oregon Corps for 16 years, led the organization for over 10 years, and has extensive experience networking in the community and building solid partnerships with local change-makers. She talks openly about what the young people (ages 16-24) the program serves bring to the community and her joy in interfacing with this age group. Listen up and learn more about the Heart of Oregon Corps tremendous programs.</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-laura-handy-executive-director-heart-of-oregon-corps" title="Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Laura Handy, Executive Director Heart of Oregon Corps" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Bend Don&#x27;t Break: Laura Handy, Executive Director Heart of Oregon Corps</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-laura-handy-executive-director-heart-of-oregon-corps-20721570/&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=55409&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-laura-handy-executive-director-heart-of-oregon-corps-20721570/&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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