Trenton Students Benefit from Innovative After-School Tech Programming
Tynetta Howard has an ambitious goal. She and her team are working hard to help children become the positive people they want to be and for their families to believe in themselves and what they can become. Through her work at Howard’s Healthy Choices of Trenton, New Jersey, she is achieving that goal, one student and one family at a time. National Cristina Foundation is proud to help.
Howard’s Healthy Choices has a mission to redirect, heal, educate and empower children and families, demonstrated through healthy eating, positive social interaction, mastery of age appropriate life skills, and community accountability. Its after-school programming is conducted to produce healthier educated children that will have the knowledge of self worth, respect, responsibility, accountability, confidence, and maturity. Programs are offered across a wide range of topic areas, such as life skills, health education, counseling, academic mentoring, and career exploration and development.
In support of after-school programming, Howard’s Healthy Choices is a partner institution within the Foundation’s Cristina Network. The Cristina Network is made up of over 1,300 pre-screened nonprofit organizations, schools and government agencies providing educational opportunities to particularly underserved communities, such as those with disabilities, at-risk students and the economically disadvantaged. As a Cristina Network partner, Howard’s Healthy Choices is able to receive donations of used computer equipment made possible through the Foundation’s technology donation platform and its network of nonprofit computer refurbishers.
Working closely with the Trenton School District, Howard’s after-school program offers important support for Trenton families in need. One of these programs is to make sure they have access to computers and training in their use. Howard feels strongly that her organization’s goal is not only to help the children and their families, but also meet the needs of the community at large. Howard’s Healthy Choices accepts students from eight years of age through high school.
Located in the New York/New Jersey metro area, Electronic Access Foundation is one of nearly 100 nonprofit refurbishers that make up the Alliance for Technology Refurbishing and Reuse (AFTRR), a program sponsored by National Cristina Foundation. EAF recently provided a sizable donation of used computers in support of Howard’s Healthy Choices work. The computers were taken out of use in a corporate setting, refurbished by the EAF team, and now provide an incredible opportunity for after-school program participants.
Organizations seeking technology donations can learn more by visiting National Cristina Foundation’s “Receive Equipment” page. Donors wishing to make a tangible impact in the lives of individuals in need can learn more by visiting the Foundation’s “Donate Equipment” page. To learn more about the Foundation’s growing community of nonprofit refurbishers, please visit AFTRR.org.
National Cristina Foundation is a nonprofit private operating foundation with a mission to close the digital divide so that people in need can participate fully in a digitally connected world.
More information about Howard’s Healthy Choices
Mission Statement
To create a service milieu that uses a healthy choice platform to redirect, heal, educate and empower children and families, demonstrated through healthy eating, positive social interaction, mastery of age appropriate life skills, and community accountability
Project Abstract
HHC Inc. Will have classes, workshops, and open labs on a wide range of topics, from basic to advanced
View and print class calendars (PDF): Current Classes | Upcoming Classes
One-on-one appointments on a wide range of technology topics
Target Population
8-25 is our target group. You will be helping hundreds in our the community.
Contact Information & Map
Howard’s Healthy Choices Inc.
Attn: Tynnetta Howard
1115 Greenwood Ave
Trenton, NJ 08629
New Jersey
United States
No CD/DVD Drive, CD ROM Drive, CD RW Drive, CD RW/DVD Drive, DVD ROM Drive, DVD RW Drive, Blueray ROM Drive, Blueray RW Drive
Hard Drive:
18 GB or less – 2 TB, Other/Don’t Know – 2 TB
Monitor:
No Monitor, 14 inch CRT, 15 inch CRT, 17 inch CRT, 19 inch CRT, 21 inch CRT, 15 inch LCD, 17 inch LCD, 19 inch LCD, 21 inch LCD, 22 inch LCD, 23 inch LCD, 24 inch LCD, 26 inch LCD, 28 inch LCD, 30 inch LCD, 32 inch LCD
General Condition:
Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor
Capacity & Repair:
Can accept only 1 at a time with NO repair capability
Pickup/Drop Off:
Will travel up to 10 miles to pickup
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PC Laptop System
We are in need of 1 PC Laptop System that falls within these specifications…
No CD/DVD Drive, CD ROM Drive, CD RW Drive, Mac Superdrive
HD/s Capacity:
18 GB or less – 1 TB, Other/Don’t Know – 1 TB
Video Display:
No Monitor, 15 inch CRT, 17 inch CRT, 19 inch CRT, 21 inch CRT, 15 inch LCD, 17 inch LCD, 19 inch LCD, 20 inch LCD, 21 inch LCD, 22 inch LCD, 24 inch LCD, 26 inch LCD, 28 inch LCD, 30 inch LCD, 32 inch LCD
General Condition:
Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor
Capacity & Repair:
Can accept only 1 at a time with NO repair capability
Pickup/Drop Off:
Will travel up to 10 miles to pickup
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Mac Laptop System
We are in need of 1 Mac Laptop System that falls within these specifications…
