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JACKSON — Fitness Plus (1424 Old Square Road) opened Friday, April 1, following an open house on March 24. Owner Marty McCubbins, a lifelong health enthusiast and a member of the YMCA since he was 5 years old, opened Fitness Plus to fill the need for a good health studio in northeast Jackson after the Deville Plaza YMCA's closure last year.

McCubbins' studio offers options such as yoga, Reformer Pilates, mat Pilates and Zumba. Courses are available for $65 per month for two weekly sessions or $80 per month for three weekly sessions.

Visitors can take their first class for free and also get their first month free if they join in May. Also during the month of May, Fitness Plus will be offering a Zumba class drop-in rate of $5.

For more information on class schedules and corporate rates, find Fitness Plus on Facebook, call 601-460-4300 or visit www.fitnessplusms.com.

Hilton Garden Inn of Flowood

The Hilton Garden Inn in Flowood (118 Laurel Park Cove), which opened March 14, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 4. The hotel's general manager, Shawn Cochran, was previously the general manager at the Holiday Inn Trustmark in Pearl (110 Bass Pro Drive).

Flowood's Hilton Garden Inn has 112 rooms, an outdoor courtyard, a 3,200-square-foot banquet room that can seat up to 200 people, a full-service bar and a restaurant called the Garden Grill.

The Garden Grill is open for breakfast from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., and for dinner from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. The restaurant serves burgers, sandwiches, flatbreads, and entrees such as steak, fish and pasta. The full menu is available inside the restaurant.

For more information, call 601-487-0800 or visit http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/.

Xcel Rehab Holding Grand Opening Celebration

Xcel Rehab, a locally owned and operated physical-therapy clinic in Pearl that specializes in Myofascial release therapy, opened March 30, and is preparing to hold a grand-opening celebration on Thursday, April 28.

Owner Chris Rogers is a licensed physical-therapist assistant with the State Board of Physical Therapy and has been performing Myofascial release therapy for two years. Arizona-based physical therapist John Barnes developed the treatment, which is a form of hands-on physical therapy similar to massage therapy.

Rogers says the technique relies on sustained pressure to allow the fascia, an underlying layer of tissue around the body's muscles, to release and take pressure off pain-sensitive areas. Myofascial release can be used to treat chronic pain conditions, such as lower-back pain, neck pain, fibromyalgia, jaw pain, migraines and headaches. Most insurance policies cover the treatment.

The clinic is open for walk-ins from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Customers can make appointments for early-morning visits starting at 7 a.m. or after-hours appointments as late as 6 p.m.

The ribbon cutting for Xcel Rehab (209 Riverwind Drive, Suite B, Pearl) takes place at 11 a.m. and will feature free food and refreshments. The Mississippi Organ Recovery Association will be present at the ceremony to educate and help interested attendees register for the state's organ-donation program. The Animal Rescue League will also be present starting at 8:30 a.m. with a tent set up for animal adoptions.

For more information, call 601-278-7036 or visit www.xcel-rehab.com.

Sanderson Farms CEO Chairs Batson's Fundraising Campaign

Joe Sanderson, CEO and chairman of the board of Sanderson Farms, and his wife, Kathy Sanderson, are chairing a $100-million fundraising campaign for Children's Healthcare of Mississippi, the umbrella organization that includes all pediatric care at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital, the only hospital dedicated exclusively to the needs of children in Mississippi. Sophie Creath, the Sandersons' granddaughter, was a patient at the hospital as a young child, suffering from pancreatitis.

In addition to heading up the drive, which is the largest in the history of Children's Healthcare of Mississippi, the Sandersons are also making the campaign's first large gift in the form of $10 million over the next five years. The funds will help UMMC expand and update its space dedicated for pediatric care, including an expanded and renovated neonatal intensive care unit, more rooms for the pediatric intensive care unit, more operating rooms and the creation of an imaging clinic especially for pediatric patients. Expansions for the Children's Heart Center are also being planned.

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