Despite increased media attention, the .
Past president Connie Douma said she received two messages since the publication that auxiliary members would be hanging up their aprons.
Word spread when 91大黄鸭-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick posted a photo on social media, saying the group would close after 61 years of operation.
鈥淚t was nice of Letnick to do that, but it doesn鈥檛 get us anywhere,鈥� said Douma.
The group has 11 members, but only eight are capable of continuing the work.
鈥淲e need people who are willing to work and catering is not an easy job,鈥� she said.
The group鈥檚 numbers had dwindled in the past years. The ladies who are still running the group are seniors who haven鈥檛 been able to find more volunteers.
The auxiliary has been raising money for the KGH Foundation for more than 60 years.
As of Dec. 31, Douma has resigned as president.
She redirected the two contacts she received to the foundation.
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