Lecture on importance of sleep at JCC

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Stacy Hunger, a respiratory therapist and sleep technologist at Northside Hospital, will give a lecture on “The Importance of Sleep” at noon Friday at the Jewish Community Center, 505 Gypsy Lane.

Part of the JCC’s Lunch and Learn series, the one-hour lecture will explain how sleep affects both mental and physical health.

The audience also will learn about barriers to good sleep, sleep testing, sleep disorders, and treatments and recommendations for good sleep.

Hunger’s lecture is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served.

Those interested in attending should contact Sheila Cornell at 330-746-3250, ext. 182, by Thursday.

At the JCC’s next lunch event, the hit 2016 film “La La Land” will be screened, preceded by a lunch at noon in the multipurpose room. “La La Land,” a musical romantic comedy-drama, stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. The price is $11 ($8 for JCC members). To register, go to jccyoungstown.org or call the bursar’s office at 330-746-3250, ext. 195, by July 14.