Basketball with an important message. That was the mission this week in Waterbury at the "Be A Baller, Not a Bully Camp." Ta'Quan Zimmerman, a basketball standout at Holy Cross High School, who went on to play a couple of seasons in the NBA G-League, started the basketball camp with the goal of mentoring young people in Waterbury.

He experienced bullying as a child so it's important to Zimmerman to promote kindness and inclusion through the sport he loves, while giving back to where he came from.

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"I feel like it's my purpose," said Zimmerman. "I grew up here. I was once one of those children so just growing up in this neighborhood, chasing my dreams and making it out is something I want to do and give back to the co

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