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This is International Carrier Day.

Perhaps you've had the chance to follow the experiences of newspaper carriers we've featured in stories throughout this week. We've enjoyed reading the stories too - and learning about the reasons being a carrier has played a large role in their lives and the lives of others in this community and further afield.

We read about how Cameron Park learned the valuable lesson of saving money.

We learned about how delivering 110 newspapers a day gives Barbara Carey exercise - not to mention how the money is used for supplies for her three cats.

Katie Brewer-Bruce likes the ability to put her newspaper carrier status on her young résumé. She's met a family along the way for whom she now babysits. And she's aiming for a scholarship under a Brunswick News scholarship program for dedicated carriers.

We learned how delivering a newspaper has become a wonderful way for Lucie and Ross MacDougall to spend time together. The touching tale of the couple featured on Monday told the story of how the task has been terrific for Lucie, who lost her sight a couple of years ago. This moving story was actually distributed to newspapers across the country.

Then there's the tale of Christina Hubbard, 15, who uses her carrier income to sponsor a child in another country through World Vision.

Other stories were told of carriers who learned life lessons of many kinds through having a paper route. In today's story, you'll read about a mother of nine - soon to be 10 - who makes delivery of the paper part of her day.

And even our premier offered to spend time with young carrier Jimmy Nelson, swapping stories and experiences.

We are honored to have such dedicated folks, young and old, delivering our newspaper. We are privileged to have carriers with the insight, foresight and sense of community contribution we all need to employ.

A tremendous amount of work goes into creating a newspaper on a daily basis. And the carriers play a front-line role in making sure you receive your daily package of news and information about Fredericton and surrounding areas.

They are the people who get up well before breakfast so that your breakfast is complete - coffee, toast, jam, newspaper.

We take great pleasure in wishing the very best to all our carriers, and we invite our readers to do the same. We encourage others who want an experience of growth to consider taking a newspaper route. You'll be surprised and pleased by the new experiences that come your way.