September 29th, 2017

Reference: Smart Fit Kids

Anne Arundel County, MD

Dear Office of Child Care,

We are writing this letter in support of Smart Fit Kids application to resume its service to provide before and after school martial art and fitness to our children. Smart Fit Kids first opened their doors in 2013, and have been offering and exciting and enriching Before and After School program for children in the Severna Park and Arnold areas. Some of our children have been attending Smart Fit Kids for years, and the organization has become a staple within our community. As a parent/guardian of a child that has attended Smart Fit Kids, I can attest to the following:

Ø Smart Fit Kids has a great reputation and a huge footprint in our community and does an outstanding job for our children’s growth and development.

Ø We heavily rely on Smart Fit Kids to care for our children while we are out making a living for them.

Ø Smart Fit Kids has been providing an enriching and enhancing before and after school program for our children for nearly 5 years.

Ø To some of our children, Smart Fit Kids is considered home away from home.

Ø Our children have consistently excelled academically, emotionally, and physically because of Smart Fit Kids.

While we respect and appreciate your decision regarding Smart Fit Kids, we would like to respectfully state that we trust and respect Smart Fit Kids operations, and its intentions to always do the right thing. For these reasons, we ask that you kindly look into expediting your process for Smart Fit Kids to resume its service and provide a provisional childcare license to Smart Fit Kids in order to minimize interruptions in our children’s daily routine.

Some of Smart Fit Kids parents are health care professionals, lawyers, government employees, and active military soldiers who work around the clock serving and keeping our community healthier. We can only continue to do this with the help of Smart Fit Kids’ ability to care for our children as we care for our community.

Our children are presently devastated and stranded, and as parents it’s our responsibility and duty to provide stability for our children. We desperately need your help. We sincerely thank you in advance for your understanding and hope that you take this petition into consideration.

Should you have any questions, references would be provided upon request.

Sincerely,

Parents of Smart Fit Kids