The troop once again made Carrboro Day a wonderful success for the Carrboro Branch Library, which holds a book sale and concession stand at the annual celebration to raise much needed money for the library's collection and operation.

The scouts unload books at the beginning of the sale, and box and carry unsold books back to vehicles at the end. They stock and staff the concession stand, selling hot dogs, popcorn, lemonade and water. They buy the supplies and do the work as a service.

The Friends of the Carrboro Library tried to reimburse the troop for the costs of food and paper goods. No thank you, the scouts said. That means every penny brought in goes to the library.

Carrboro Day would not be the successful event it was for the Carrboro Branch Library without the service and generosity of Troop 45.

Roses to the Carrboro High School students who organized a run-a-thon recently to support Doctors Without Borders.

We love it when local young people do great things of their own volition. These teens contacted local businesses and collected pledges for a certain amount per lap, and participants were invited to run, walk or crawl around the track at Carrboro High.

Doctors Without Borders is among the most remarkable international organizations out there. Kudos to everyone involved.

Roses to Ally Hall of Chapel Hill, another young person who took it upon herself to do some good in the world before, she'd even hit her teens.

Ally celebrated her 14th birthday on May 14. Before that day arrived, she set up a Web page to seek donations to an organization called Think Autism, which raises awareness and funding for autism research.

She asked contributors to donate $13 each, with the goal of raising $130. She cleared that easily; at last count she had raised $181.

She has personal awareness about her case; her brother William is profoundly affected by autism.

A belated Happy Birthday, Ally. We're betting you're going to be an awesome teenager.

Roses to Eugene Korsunskiy, a local man who will spend his summer riding a bicycle across the country, and helping build houses as he goes.

He "had a free summer coming up," he said. "So I thought, 'Why the heck now?'"

Well, for a lot of the people the prospect of spending nearly every day for almost the next three months perched on a bicycle seat would be answer enough.

But Korsunskiy is one of those people who live for that kind of punishment. He'll ride as part of a project called Bike & Build. The trip will last 81 days, and along the way he and the other riders in his group will make 11 stops to help build Habitat houses, including one "blitz build" in Colorado, where they'll build an entire house in six days.