ST. LOUIS - Northwest High School has a newly refurbished football field, and Rams wide receiver Isaac Bruce helped put some finishing touches on the project Tuesday afternoon.

“This is important, because sometimes guys don’t have helmets — don’t have enough helmets — they don’t have enough cleats,” Bruce said. “Just to play on a field that has been sodded and the grass is good, it automatically boosts your energy.

It makes you want to be proud of playing on a field like this, just knowing that someone cares.”

In a ceremonial show of support, Bruce put on work gloves and helped put down some final pieces of sod Tuesday at the high school in St. Louis. Volunteers from The Home Depot, PHL Inc., Northwest High and the KaBOOM! non-profit organization were behind the program.