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This resolution commends Ivy Academy, located in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, for receiving the 2024 Charter Champion Award for Community Impact Project of the Year from the Tennessee Charter School Center. The award recognizes the school's innovative Emergency Solar Power Backpacks Project, developed by students and STEM teacher Jerry Webb. The students designed and created solar-powered backpacks with foldable solar panels, lithium batteries, charge controllers, and inverters, which they tested in real-life scenarios to ensure functionality. The project involves creating twenty backpacks, with plans to distribute five to students in Ukraine, use five locally for awareness, and send ten to students in North Carolina affected by a 2024 hurricane. The resolution highlights the students' ingenuity, determination, and compassion, praising their ability to create practical solutions for humanitarian crises and natural disasters. By passing this resolution, the Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives aim to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievement of Ivy Academy and its students, acknowledging their significant contribution to community impact and innovative problem-solving.

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