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This is a photo of the David Toews plaque mounted on the monument. The wording is legible.

This is a photo of the two plaques on the Mennonite educators monument outside the Mennonite Heritage Centre in Winnipeg. The plaque texts are legible, but small.

The leadership and young women of the Ebenezer girls home established by the Conference of Mennonites in Canada to help young Mennonite women who worked as domestics in Winnipeg, often to support their families in rural areas and to help pay off the immigration travel debt. Included are 32 young women (all named), an image of the house, and the 6 staff which included Aganetha Epp, Mrs. B. Ewert, Benjamin Ewert, J. H. Enns, Mrs. J. H. Enns, and Helen Epp.

At the unveiling of the plaque on the educator's cairn (memorial) outside the Mennonite Heritage Centre building On the left side are members of the extended Toews family. Front row (left to right): is Helen Riesen, ?, David Riesen, Kim Epp. Right side of monument second from left is John J. Friesen, Lawrence Klippenstein, Gerhard Ens.