Day three of Kip's Fast was opened with a message from Pat Baker, Chair, of the Massachusetts Food Stamp Coalition. "Our work continues today in honor of and inspired by Rosie's Place founder Kip Tiernan. She seeks to raise awareness of the continued growth in homelessness and hunger facing the Commonwealth, and to call on elected leaders to own their responsibility to appropriate the funds needed to ensure the Commonwealth meets these most basic human needs."

Before we ended yesterday, Gabriella Snyder Stelmack spoke about the 24% increase in need at the Bread of Life food program in Malden. She reported that the director Tom Feagley was fasting in solidarity with Kip.

Debbie Socolar from the Boston University school of Public Health spoke about the importance of nutrition and safe housing being included in the definition of health care.