The Max Restaurant Group is joining with The National Conference for Community and Justice for the third straight year to support National Anti-Bullying day on Oct. 21, 2015. The U.S. Department of Justice cites bullying as the greatest problem affecting student’s sense of security in school.
Max Burger, with locations in West Hartford and Longmeadow, Mass., will be donating a portion of all proceeds to benefit NCCJ’s anti-bullying, prejudice reduction youth programs in middle and high schools throughout the region. For more than 88 years, the NCCJ has worked with schools, organizations, workplaces, and communities to advance equality, promote justice and build supportive communities.
Dr. Andrea C. Kandel, CEO of NCCJ, said in a statement, “The numbers are staggering. Bullying—the most common form of violence—affects 13 million youth annually, or nearly one-third of the school-age population in the U.S.”
According to Connecticut Commissin on Children research, 25 percent of Connecticut high school students—and 35 percent of the state’s 9th graders—report having been bullied or harassed on school property in 2010. According to the Connecticut School Health Survey, Connecticut high school students who report being bullied are more likely to get less sleep, miss school because they feel unsafe, feel depressed, attempt suicide, have property stolen at school, carry a weapon to school and experience dating violence.
