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Ozge Karabiyik: Bubble of Happiness
In memory of: Ozge Karabiyik
£5,575.00 raised
147 donations
My Target:
£5,575.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/BubbleOfHappiness
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Marcus Sorensen's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text OZGE77 £10
to 70070
My story
Thanks for taking the time to visit this JustGiving page, set up to raise money for the charity that Ozge Karabiyik held closest to her heart: Macmillan Cancer Support.
Ozge was on holiday in Kovalam, India - a place she adored and had visited for 7 years running every winter to practice yoga and receive ayurveda treatment - when she fainted on December 30th 2011 and sustained a critical head injury as her head hit a concrete floor. Her boyfriend Marcus Sorensen was with her as she fell into a coma. Due to the tragically unrecoverable injuries, she passed away on January 2nd 2012 after being on life support for 3 days. During her last days before her faint, she was surrounded by friends and was profoundly happy, doing exactly what she wanted in a place that she loved. She was 34 years old.
Her older brother died of cancer at the age of 24 after long-term illness, and this impacted her deeply as she had grown up caring for him. She worked for the NHS in the UK and trained to be a Yoga teacher, and did a further course in Yoga for people living with cancer. She raised money for Macmillan in various ways, including once through sponsorships for shaving off all her beautiful curly brown hair.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please donate to honour Ozge's life, and continue making a difference to people living with cancer, just as she wished to do.
Her personal blog is at www.BubbleOfHappiness.com, where you can read some of her musings from the last year of her life.
A book of her recipes for making others and herself happy, alongside her photography, is available here: www.lulu.com/product/paperback/with-love-and-laughter-these-bubbles-are-blown-to/18837793
All profits from book sales go to Macmillan.
A recording of a memorial service held for her at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing (Europe) is available here:
My gallery 6
My charity
Macmillan Cancer Support
Charity Registration No. 261017
Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. We provide practical, medical, emotional and financial support and push for better cancer care. One in three of us will get cancer. Two million of us are living with it. We are all affected by cancer. We can all help. We are Macmillan.
Donations 147
Donation by Anonymous on 22/02/12
£30.00
Your Bubbles of Happiness books are spreading further and further on a warm breeze across the world, following the traces of your many journeys!
Donation by Marcus Sorensen on 21/02/12
£45.00
+ £11.25 Gift Aid
Thinking about you tonight dear heart xx.
Donation by Georgia Serghiou on 21/02/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
In memory of our friend and student, you will be dearly missed.
Donation by triyoga on 21/02/12
C'est un beau combat à mener. Courage, et amitiés.
Donation by Aurore Perrin on 15/02/12
£10.00
Donation by Anonymous on 12/02/12
£10.00
The print looks wonderful in my lounge, thanks Marcus x
Donation by Paul on 09/02/12
£170.00
+ £42.50 Gift Aid
Everything happens for a reason. May we all transcend our past and memories to become strong beings.
Donation by Dorothy Watts on 05/02/12
£10.00
Ozge I hadn't met you yet but you've been a light and inspiration to many people and will always continue to be.
Donation by Kate Fismer on 04/02/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
She remains in our hearts as part of Quest, and as part of our life. So pleased to have one of her great photographs, a lovely reminder.
Donation by Trevor & Rebecca Silvester on 01/02/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Hoping this small donation goes some way in helping your memory and wonderful legacy to live on. Sent with love and eternal gratitude xxxx
Donation by Nicola Goggin on 31/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Whenever I am overcome with sadness from missing you I also become overcome with gratitude for having you in my life. Love you my pretty friend.
Donation by Rosa Coelho on 30/01/12
£40.00
+ £10.00 Gift Aid
I love the cows xxx
Donation by Elizabeth Wong on 30/01/12
£45.00
+ £11.25 Gift Aid
For dear Oz who continues to inspire all of us with remembrance of your joy of life and love. With much love...Debbie, Dennis, Mark and Michael
Donation by Debbie Yonemura on 30/01/12
Revenue from your "Bubbles of Happiness" book sales tonight, also available at Lulu.com! Finally a published author at 34 - well done, baby!
Donation by Marcus Sorensen on 29/01/12
£260.00
+ £65.00 Gift Aid
My darling, money raised tonight auctioning canvas prints of your photos from India & New Zealand. You would have loved the party - so much food!
Donation by Marcus Sorensen on 29/01/12
£70.00
+ £17.50 Gift Aid
For my beautiful picture of the mountains dear Oz.I like to think of you floating above and around them.xxx
Donation by Laura Graham-Dullaert on 29/01/12
£60.00
+ £15.00 Gift Aid
Marcus, really sorry to hear this tragic news mate, look after yourself.
Donation by James Webb on 29/01/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Özge was going to participate in the Copenhagen Marathon. Her participation fee has been reimbursed, and it will go in its entirety to this charity.
Donation by Martin Bach Sorensen on 28/01/12
£68.00
Özge, your openhearted way of living is imprinted in every cell of my being, for ever - thank you for that gift. I love you. Deeply your's, Eva
Donation by Eva Stöffler on 28/01/12
£20.00
You will live forever in our hearts. Nx
Donation by Narmin Mohammadi on 26/01/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
From a fellow ashtangini whose life has also been touched by cancer. RIP.
Donation by Sam on 23/01/12
RIP
Donation by A fellow Ashtangi on 22/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
With love from me & Rory. X
Donation by Sam Dunlop on 21/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
I am so grateful that you are my teacher and still keep showing me a path.
Donation by Your humble student on 21/01/12
Donation summary
- * Online donations£5,545.00
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£30.00
- Total raised£5,575.00
- Gift Aid£1,050.25
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