Chasing Bubbles

🏴‍☠️⛳️ The inaugural Alex Rust Golf Scramble is officially in the books — and we couldn’t have asked for a better first year!

We SOLD OUT golfer registrations, packed Hickory Hills with an incredible crew, and spent the afternoon doing golf a little differently… From the pirate eye-patch putting challenge 🏴‍☠️ to firing golf balls from a CANNON 💥⛳️

Most importantly, it was all for a purpose: helping Chasing Bubbles Foundation empower more kids to chase their dreams through sailing and adventure. ⛵️🌎

A HUGE thank you to the sponsors who made this possible:

🏝️ Hole Sponsors
• Stahl Insurance
• EnviroHeat LLC
• Aquatic Control
• Hendrix Healthy Foods
• Rose Acre Farms
• Jiffy L**e of Indiana

🍻 Beverage Cart Sponsor
• Bethany Rust & Key & Co. Realtors

⚓ Corporate & Event Sponsors
• Joshua Center
• JCBank
• Bob Poynter Ford
• Emmanuel Church

And a special thank you to Jiffy L**e of Indiana for sponsoring our pre-scramble tailgate!

We also had some awesome prizes donated by businesses throughout our community, and an AMAZING group of volunteers who helped us pull the whole thing off. We couldn't have done it without you.

And finally, thank you to Hickory Hills Golf Club for being the perfect host. The course, setting and hospitality made for an incredible afternoon.

To every golfer, sponsor, prize donor, volunteer and friend who showed up: THANK YOU. You helped make the first Alex Rust Golf Scramble one to remember — and helped us continue Alex's legacy by giving more kids the opportunity to chase big dreams and live a little more adventurously.

And after a day like that, there’s really only one thing left to say…

WE’RE DOING IT AGAIN. 🏴‍☠️⛳️

Keep an eye out for the 2027 Alex Rust Golf Scramble announcement. We have a feeling year two is going to be even bigger.

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Kenosha showed up AGAIN. 🔥⛵️

On Wednesday, August 12, we wrapped up our second annual Chasing Bubbles Foundation Youth Day in Kenosha, this time with 25 kids joining us at the Kenosha Yacht Club for a full day on and around the water.

Thanks to KYC sailors, volunteers, community sponsors, and the U.S. Coast Guard in Kenosha, the kids spent the morning learning through water-safety games, meeting the Coast Guard, getting introduced to sailing, and then heading out onto Lake Michigan for their first real sail.

And the lake absolutely delivered. Fair winds. Calm seas. Blue skies. The kind of day that makes you fall in love with being on the water before you even realize it’s happening.

Afterward, everyone came back in for lunch, dessert, stories, and a whole lot of excited kids who had just been introduced to a completely new world.

That’s what these days are about. Not just sailing. It’s about showing a kid that there are bigger horizons out there. New places. New skills. New people. New possibilities. Sometimes all it takes is one day on the water to plant that seed.

Huge thank you to KenoshaYachtClub, Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha, the Coast Guard, our captains, crews, volunteers, and every community sponsor who made year two happen.
25 kids. One beautiful day. A whole new world opened up.

We’ll see you next year, Kenosha. 💙⛵️

Amazing work Kenosha Yacht Club!!! Thanks for bringing our mission to Lake Michigan!

And thank you to Laura Poletti Bauke & Matt Bauke for leading this on behalf of Chasing Bubbles!

" The world is indeed a beautiful place filled with beautiful people." - Captain Alex Rust

The connection never seemed complicated to Alex. Show up curious, meet people where they are, make them laugh, and give them your full attention. Kids especially seemed to understand that language immediately. Before long, whatever made their worlds different mattered a whole lot less than the moment they were sharing.

That’s a big part of why the Chasing Bubbles Foundation exists.

We believe kids deserve moments that make their world feel bigger. A boat ride. A new place. A new friend. A story they’ll tell when they get home. Sometimes it only takes one experience outside of what they know to plant the idea that there might be a whole lot more out there waiting for them.

Alex spent his life chasing those moments. Now we get to help create them for the next generation.

🫧 Oct 4, 2010

🏴‍☠️ Last Call, Mateys! ⛳

The clock is ticking on the Alex Rust Golf Scramble!

⛳ 17 golfer spots remain
🏝️ 3 Hole Sponsorships left

Join us on August 29 for a one-of-a-kind pirate-themed golf adventure benefiting the Chasing Bubbles Foundation and helping more kids get out on the water to chase their dreams.

⚠️ Registration & Sponsorship Deadline is extended to Monday, August 10

Gather your crew and sign up today!

🏴‍☠️ Learn more & register:
https://www.chasingbubbles.org/post/golfscramble

AdventureAwaits

🌍 Last call for India! Registration closes Friday, August 7.

We have 15 adventurers signed up and room for just a few more. Join Chasing Bubbles for an adventure of a lifetime filled with culture, reflection, Diwali, sacred sites, mountains, deserts, rivers, kids, and so much more!

Interested? Reach out today or learn more here:
https://www.chasingbubbles.org/post/join-chasing-bubbles-in-india

Life is for the living.
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Not for waiting until the timing is perfect, the fear is gone, or the calendar finally clears. It is for saying yes, chasing the horizon, laughing too hard, and making memories while we still can.

None of us knows how many days we get so treat today like it matters. Call the person. Take the trip. Try the thing that scares you. Find the adventure hiding in an ordinary day.

Staying positive does not mean pretending the ride is always easy.
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It means keeping your head above water when life drags you through the rough parts. It means holding on to your humor, noticing the good that is still there, and refusing to let one difficult stretch define the entire journey.

You may not control the current. You may not know where it is taking you but you still get to decide how you meet it.

Keep your head up. Keep finding reasons to laugh.

2nd Annual Kenosha Chasing Bubbles Day Camp!
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24 kids. 8 boats. Countless new horizons.

For almost every kid aboard, it was their first time venturing out onto Lake Michigan. New waves. New perspectives. New confidence.

Captain Alex believed that the moment you sail beyond the shoreline, your world gets a little bigger. 24 young adventurers proved him right.

A huge thank you to KenoshaYachtClub for hosting the event and the eight volunteer boats who donated their time, their vessels, and their passion. Because of you, a new generation discovered that adventure isn’t something you watch. It’s something you live.

Here’s to bigger horizons. 🌊