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ABOUT The Lotte John Hecht Memorial Foundation is a Vancouver BCbased charity established in 1962 to support the local causes and concerns its founders cared about. Today the Foundation continues to advance the priorities that inspired the Hechts in their lifetimes through The Hecht Foundation also supports other community benefits including built HERITAGE education preservation. LOTTE JOHN HECHT Originally from Germany and Austria Lotte Irene Loew and John Rolf Hecht met in Winnipeg during the Second World War and were married in Vancouver in 1945. Having identified a niche market in custom cutting they purchased a sawmill on Mitchell Island and worked in shifts to supervise the 24hour operation eventually establishing Associated Fuels as a vehicle for the wood byproducts.