By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Elijah Lee started off as just a kid from St. Joseph and now in his sixth year in the NFL, he's playing for his hometown team and helping out his community.
Mosaic Life Care announced Lee as its player sponsor during Chiefs Training Camp, and in taking the job, Lee had one major cause on his mind, helping the Bartlett Center
"The bigger picture is that they don't have the means right now to keep it or get it to where it needs to go and I'm just raising awareness right now to get it where it needs to go," Lee tells reporters. "And hopefully, more people around St. Joe come and visit the center, see what it's about, understand what it's about, and even spend some time with the kids."
Lee says he spent much of his childhood in St. Joseph outside the Bartlett Center on the Horace Mann Playground.
Lee spent his first two years of high school playing football and basketball for Central, before playing his last two years at Blue Springs High School.
Mosaic Life Care officials say when they approached Lee to be the player sponsor for this year's training camp his first response was “As long as we can highlight the Bartlett Center, mental health awareness, and setting goals.”