LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Noelle Mele upon the occasion of being
a finalist in the Young Entrepreneurs' Secret Millionaires Club Grow
Your Own Business Challenge

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to commend and pay
tribute to those who, by achieving outstanding success in their educa-
tional, scientific and entrepreneurial endeavors, have inspired and
brought pride to our majestic Empire State; and
WHEREAS, It is also the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize
the dedication and commitment of our young people who distinguish them-
selves through excellence in scholastic competition; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
Noelle Mele upon the occasion of being a finalist in the Young Entrepre-
neurs' Secret Millionaires Club Grow Your Own Business Challenge; and
WHEREAS, A 12-year-old seventh-grader from Our Lady Star of the Sea
School, Noelle Mele is one of only a handful of national finalists in
the Young Entrepreneurs' Secret Millionaires Club Grow Your Own Business
Challenge; and
WHEREAS, Noelle Mele's original invention is a solar-powered LED
"Screen Savior: The Green Screen"; it is a custom-made, pre-lit window
screen with LED designs powered by solar panels that pop into window
screens; she created the concept, as well as ideas on how to market it
and which type of retailers would be a good fit; and
WHEREAS, As a national finalist in the Young Entrepreneurs' Secret
Millionaires Club Grow Your Own Business Challenge, Noelle Mele will
demonstrate her original invention to Warren Buffett; and
WHEREAS, The solar-powered LED "Screen Savior: The Green Screen"
invention of Noelle Mele earned her first-prize in last year's Antonio
Meucci Young Inventors' Competition sponsored by the Garibaldi-Meucci
Museum in Rosebank; it also earned her a prize in the Catholic Youth
Organization Science Olympics; and
WHEREAS, Noelle Mele was one of 3,000 young people who submitted her
entrepreneurial idea to the Grow Your Own Business Challenge; the five
individual finalists and three team finalists were narrowed down from 25
semi-finalists after a panel of judges reviewed each entrant's idea; the
finalists and their projects were then presented to the public online,
where readers were asked to vote for their favorites; and
WHEREAS, The entry of Noelle Mele in the Secret Millionaires Club Grow
Your Own Business Challenge showed incredible insight; and
WHEREAS, In addition, Noelle Mele is an all-star for the Our Lady Star
of the Sea School soccer team, a cheerleader, and an altar server; and
WHEREAS, It is appropriate to celebrate and applaud the individual
accomplishments of remarkable students in this great Empire State; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to commend Noelle Mele
upon the occasion of being a finalist in the Young Entrepreneurs' Secret
Millionaires Club Grow Your Own Business Challenge, and for her notewor-
thy educational, scientific and entrepreneurial endeavors and achieve-
ments; her outstanding performance has clearly made a contribution to
the spirit of excellence which is a tradition of her school and communi-
ty; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Noelle Mele upon the occasion of being a finalist in the Young
Entrepreneurs' Secret Millionaires Club Grow Your Own Business Chal-
lenge; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Noelle Mele.