PENNTWP — Life has changed a lot for Jim Kelly since he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002.

He is in great demand these days.

Though his work with the Hunter's Hope Foundation — an organization he and his family formed in 1997 to help find a cure for Krabbe Leukodystrophy, the rare nervous system disease his late son Hunter was born with — occupies much of his time, the East Brady native still finds opportunities to dabble in other things.

He's a motivational speaker, a part owner of a NASCAR race team and has a radio show in Buffalo, where he now lives after spending his NFL career as a quarterback for the Bills.

"Let's put it this way, the time constraints are enough that I get a lot of complaints from my wife and daughters," Kelly said, smiling. "But they understand this is what I have to do."

Kelly, his wife Jill and daughters Erin, 11, and Camryn, 7, also are Bills season-ticket holders.

His daughters, though, usually stay home.

"It gets too crazy and cold for them," Kelly said.

He makes it a point to return to East Brady each year. He arrived over the weekend as the lone celebrity in the Swing for Hope charity golf tournament, held at Conley's Resort Monday, that raised more than $15,000 for his foundation.

"I try to get back toEast Brady at least once every year," Kelly said. "I go by the cemetery to see mom and talk to her for a while and see my old high school buddies and teammates."

Every time he returns, whether it is alone or with some friends from his many NFL stops in tow, he is reminded of the beauty of the area in which he grew up.

"I was on the water (Sunday)," Kelly said. "Back when you were growing up, you take it for granted how beautiful everything is. You ride down the river and see how gorgeous everything is. It's like 'wow.' We were called the river rats, and we didn't realize how nice we really did have it.

"When I bring down people from Buffalo or wherever, they all say, 'This is God's country.'"

Kelly will return again in November when he will be the Grand Marshal for the Pittsburgh Thanksgiving Day parade.

Kelly gets his competitive juices flowing these days through his involvement in NASCAR.

He hopes to expand his racing team in the future.

"I love to compete," he said. "I love speed. I've always followed auto racing since I was a kid."