To provide a service to the client that is helpful in promoting both physical and mental well being. In addition it ensures the continued survival of the independent Massage Therapist professionals; who are facing certain and perhaps grave financial hardship.

Unlike big commerical gyms that have investors just there to make a buck, the smaller independent gyms (like Pro Fit 24 Gym) have owners, who are lovers of helping others. We love helping people: * improve their health throught sound nutrition planning * learn to exercise properly and safely * lose weight * regain their life back * reverse certain health and medical conditions * reduce stress and promote healthier mental wellbeing * increase mobility and range of motion * possbily not have the need for certain surgeries and so much more... We also help bring the community together and encourage healthier lifestyles, improving the HEALTH, EMOTIONAL WELL BEING and DAILY FUNCTION for ALL people. Small GYMS like Pro Fit 24 Gym are a necessity and essential in any community. Sign the petition today and help small independent GYMS re-open so they can continue helping the community.

Our industry is mostly staffed by independent contractors who rely solely on clients to make money. We are facing a grave financial hardship and if this continues much longer will be forced to close barbershops and salons which would cause is to lose our livlihoods.

For the livelihood of all the hairstylists that have no other way of getting Allow a licensed beauty professional to perform a beauty service/ privately with one client in the salon / per stylist at a time Starting as of Monday, April 27, 2020. All necessary precautions and sanitation protocols approved by the state of SC and the local Board of Health will be followed. Our industry needs to be recognized & deemed as an essential business so we can better serve our community. Servicing one client at a time (while wearing a mask & gloves) poses little to no risk of spreading the virus, as compared to 20 or more people in a grocery store or 10 plus people at restaurants picking up food. For the livelihood of all the hairstylists

Its essential for people to feel groomed in a time like this. It keeps moral up. Not to mention the essential workers are not going to work groomed

The survival of the independent beauty professionals is at risk. We are properly trained and practice safety and sanitation at the same level of hospitals and health care. We are facing a grave financial hardship, as a whole.

The survival of small business such as Hair Salons, Barbershops, Nail technician and ALL licensed beauty professionals is at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship

Our industry is facing grave financial hardships. We are sole proprietors with no other means of income. Our survival and that of our families and children depend on the beauty industry for our survival.

As artist we fully understand the need and concern for guidelines and sanitational procedures. We also know putting our industry back to work is an even larger concern due to 6ft distancing. With an already strict protocol of zero cross contamination, we suggest implementing the usage of extra precautions listed above. We hope to implement these extra precautions with local health and human services, to begin the right steps to securing our workforce here in North Carolina. Covid 19 is affecting the economy in major ways and forcing people to make tough decisions for their families based upon recent events and work displacement. To ease the economical pain in our industry it is in our best discretion to open back up with these limited restrictions. Allowing shops to maintain one on one appointment based procedures, will keep these small business from going under, yet still maintain safety practices most "essential" operating businesses cannot.

All salon industry workers survive on their work! Without our clients we can’t pay our bills! Let us Go back to work and we will prove we can not only help regrow the economy but take care of each client with the upmost level of care and sanitation! We need to open salons back up! We are essential!

The survival of the independent beauty professionals is at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship.

Licensed Massage Therapists abide by a strict Code of Ethics and professionalism. We are as sanitary as doctor's office. We often have clients with medical prescriptions from doctors. We can relieve migraine and other types of headaches, decrease chronic pain to keep people off of Opioids, reduce anxiety, stress and tension, decrease blood pressure, help clients keep pain levels down so they can perform active daily tasks as well as so much more. Most of us are a "one man shop" so we only have on client at a time and sanitize everything in between each person. Please let us reopen to help and heal folks so we can all get thru this horrible time with a little less stress and anxiety!! 🇺🇸