Mar 16, 2026
This is a special Beyond 6 Seconds episode for Podcasthon, where for one week, thousands of podcasts are highlighting a nonprofit of their choice, to raise awareness and encourage support for charities around the world. The focus of this episode is Meals in the Meantime, a nonprofit organization addressing food insecurity in the Chicagoland south suburbs. Meals in the Meantime provides free, fresh, healthy, high-quality grocery bags of food at drive-thru, pop-up food pantries.
I interviewed Kevin M. Yates, President and Founder of Meals in the Meantime, about:
- What inspired him to start Meals in the Meantime
- How Meals in the Meantime achieves its mission of “filling the food gap with nourishment and dignity”
- How the nonprofit’s philosophy of “What Would You Eat” (WWYE) influences the types of foods that Meals in the Meantime provides
- Why Meals in the Meantime is different from other types of food banks and food pantries
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