Ozge Karabiyik: Bubble of Happiness
In memory of: Ozge Karabiyik
£7,104.30 raised
162 donations
My Target:
£7,104.30 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.
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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:
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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 162
Donation by Brian Bourke on 09/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Rest in peace lovely Oz.
Donation by Nick Sodhi on 08/01/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Thank you Oz. My thoughts are with your family, Marcus.
Donation by Sylvie Piegelin- Coles on 08/01/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Oz, we shall all miss you, but we know that your light will continue to shine around us all. All my love to you and those who have lost you x
Donation by Rachel Barlow on 08/01/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Ozge, been a pleasure knowing you. I cant fathom out why this should happen to you. RIP. Martin
Donation by martin jones on 08/01/12
Oz, you were a special human being, it was a pleasure to have known you. My thoughts are with her nearest and dearest. x
Donation by Nicky Bamford on 08/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
It was an honour to have known you Oz. You brought love and life to Purple Valley. Condolences to your family and Marcus. R.I.P.
Donation by Annie Gurton on 08/01/12
You will always be in my heart! Keep shining beautiful Oz! Love to Marcus and all the family x
Donation by Dani Dennington on 08/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Write your personalised message here Atha-Now
Donation by Gunnar Dan Wiium on 08/01/12
In loving memory of a shining light. Rest in peace
Donation by Bart & Mandy Lawler on 08/01/12
£50.00
Loving memory my dear dear friend Ozge, we love you. Rest In Peace
Donation by Reetta Päällysaho on 08/01/12
£50.00
A small gesture to honour a great love. With sympathy to you Marcus, and to Ozge's family.
Donation by Kate and Tim McGowan on 08/01/12
£50.00
RIP Sevgili Ozgemiz..
Donation by GULAY SARITAS on 07/01/12
£50.00
We love you Ozge Nur icinde yat xxx
Donation by Nez Ozanalp on 07/01/12
£20.00
To Oz…one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever known. You will be missed.
Donation by Mark Yonemura on 07/01/12
£50.00
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Donation by Sarah Eldred on 07/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
All our sympathies, Oz was a wonderful person and we are so glad you are doing something so good in her memory.
Donation by Nasir Ahmad and Farzeen on 07/01/12
Deepest condolences to Oz's family and Marcus. My thoughts are with you.
Donation by Christine Ammann on 07/01/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Thinking of the parents and brother at their time of sorrow. Peace.
Donation by Harini Raghuveer on 07/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
A great thing you are doing in Oz's memory
Donation by Tina Jacobs on 07/01/12
So sorry to hear this news Marcus. Much love to you and your families x
Donation by Dan Reubens on 06/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Jon Long on 06/01/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
So sorry to hear about this Marcus. Best wishes. x
Donation by Felicia Yeung on 06/01/12
A beautiful way to help honour Ozge's life and to help such a worthy cause. Thinking of you, Marcus, and all those affected by her death x
Donation by Jacky Donovan on 06/01/12
£50.00
Thank you beautiful Ozge for your most precious gift to my heart. May you be in Peace, softly held in the arms of the Beloved.
Donation by Daphne Bouma on 06/01/12
£50.00
Donation summary
- * Online donations£7,074.30
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£30.00
- Total raised£7,104.30
- Gift Aid£1,198.83
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