The Eden Foundation

The Eden Foundation
510 South Third Street
Rockford, Illinois
61104

Contact Person: Jon Agustsson / 815-519-6849

A Message From The Founder:

Success comes in all shapes and sizes. Often it is measured by the clothes we wear, the cars we drive, and attached to these things of course is how much money we make. True wealth however, is more of a mind set; and after many personal successes and failures I have found that I really feel my best when engaged in public service. Once I thought that I had to impress people with material possessions in order to feel important; now the thing that drives me is to impress people, especially young people with a positive and healthy self image - the very cornerstone of Edenfound.org, Inc. We are what we do with our lives, not what we have. Please join me in this worthwhile cause, and make a difference in the lives of those who will lead after we're gone. A hundred years from now no one will care what you had in the bank, what kind of car you drove, or what you made out of life for yourself. Our true legacy will be measured by what we did for others, and how that contribution impacted society.

Jon P.M. Agustsson III

In the early 1850's the Seminary Corridor - in and around 3rd Street and Haight Village - was one of Rockford's most glorious places to live and raise children. Today, one can find one abandoned home after another boarded-up because of neglect, gang activity and apathy.

Eden is located on the site of the historical Woodruff estate. Few people know the story of Gilbert Woodruff and his many contributions to the founding of Rockford. Noteably, Woodruff was instrumental in bringing to Rockford the railroad, and founding Rockford Furniture Co., Rockford Insurance Co., and Rockford National Bank.

Woodruff was one of the most loved, benevolent and respected founders of this city. We are blessed to be able to give his estate back to the children of this city with the same passion with which he gave for so many years before us.