Supermodels Tyra Banks and Cindy Crawford. Singer Faith Hill. News anchor Dan Rather. Tennis player Monica Seles. Actors Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon.
Some names are immediately recognizable.
Others require a slight jog of the memory. Whether famous, once famous or newly discovered, it doesn t matter to Jay Lobley. For the past year, Lobley has been writing to celebrities asking them to help promote awareness of diabetes. Since he began his letter-writing campaign in July, he has sent out more than 600 letters. It doesn t matter that at least 100 have been returned, that a few have resulted only in an autographed photo of the celebrity being mailed to his house or that the majority seem to go unanswered.