Gilchrist Hospice Care announced that Gilchrist Center Howard County, the first-ever acute care inpatient hospice facility in the county, began admitting patients on May 23.

Ascend One Corp. employees donated $1,000 and the company donated another $2,500 to FIRN. The funds will be used to support services and to sponsor FIRN's American Success Awards Dinner on June 7.

Aquarius Sports and Entertainment, based in Fulton, announced that its client, Modern Business Associates, has entered into a corporate partnership with the Richmond Flying Squirrels. The partnership confirms that MBA will be a sponsor of the Richmond Flying Squirrels through the 2012 baseball season, and recognizes MBA as being the "Preferred Human Resources Partner of the Richmond Flying Squirrels."