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They did this stretch last Sunday before taking part in Iqaluit's Terry Fox Run.
Turner raised $130 and said the run is great for encouraging people to live healthy lifestyles.
Mills said she was just happy to "help the cause," adding "it's a beautiful day to do something outside."
From the Kitikmeot to South Baffin, people laced up for the cause.
Groups came together in Baker Lake, Cambridge Bay, Chesterfield Inlet, Clyde River, Gjoa Haven, Grise Fiord, Iqaluit, Kimmirut, Kugluktuk, Pond Inlet, Qikiqtarjuaq, Rankin Inlet and even Alert.
You didn't have to run. There were bikers and walkers too.
In Iqaluit, where the sun came out just in time for the 1 p.m. start, about 65 people showed up and $2,777 in pledges came in.
"I was really pleased," said Crystal Jones, recreation co-ordinator. "It was awesome."
In Taloyoak 29 people took part and $227 was raised for cancer research.
Cambridge Bay's recreation department partnered with Kiilinik high school and started their Terry Fox Run off with emotional speeches from cancer survivors and those who had been touched by cancer, including Richard Harris, Mary Rose Maksagak and Harry Maksagak.
It was a home-based approach," said Ted Schabell, recreation co-odinator. "We wanted it to hit home what cancer means."
Feeling left out
Meanwhile, Kupapik Nigeocheak, who helped organize a Terry Fox Run three years ago in Sanikiluaq, lamented the lack of a run in his community this year.
"I was hurt we didn't have the Terry Fox Run," he said Monday, explaining the community has been without a recreation co-ordinator since February.
"We've had people here who died with cancer. I have lost relatives from cancer."
Adam Krejunark, recreation co-ordinator in Kugaaruk, was away from the hamlet Sept. 14 and said he was too busy this year to organize a Terry Fox Run.
"But we hope to next year, yes," he said.
