Photo: Supporting CamBay’s “Women in Action”

Nuka Olsen-Hakongak takes two bowls of chili from her mother Donna Olsen-Hakongak — some of the last servings from a sold-out fundraiser lunch held Feb. 17 at the Luke Novoligak community hall in Cambridge Bay. Money from the event will go towards the “Walk of Hope” six Kitikmeot women, including Donna Olsen-Hakongak, plan to take this May. These “women in action,” who also include Nunavut Commissioner Edna Elias, Elisabeth Hadlari, Crystal Qaumariaq, Jamie McInnis and Cambridge Bay Mayor Jeannie Ehaloak, intend to walk across the Coronation Gulf in May 2012. “By walking they are reminding themselves that healthy bodies and minds are built a step at a time; hope is built a step at a time and that a cure for cancer can be achieved by the combined steps of many,” an earlier news release on their walk said. Proceeds from the walk will be donated to the Alberta Cancer Foundation to support the Edmonton Cross Cancer Institute and breast cancer research. (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE)