The nonprofit Full Court Peace uses basketball to unite at-risk youth, and the group just restored a court in Norwalk.

Full Court Peace founder Mike Evans believes that sometimes all it takes is a basketball to unite communities.

Just this week, he says more than 20 kids from various communities throughout Connecticut came to refurbish the 15-year-old basketball court.

Evans says they're not done yet, but by the end of week they'll be putting new hoops on backboards and repainting.

Kids from seventh grade through high school have helped refurbish nine basketball courts so far with the help of the nonprofit.

Antoine Pettiford helps Evans out by being the liaison between inner city kids and kids in the suburbs.

He says once the kids are on the court, color doesn't matter. They have one focus working as a team to win games.

"Right now, it's really important to see whites and black coming together as one, to show that we're not different, we all do care about each other," Pettiford says.

However, camps will not be running this summer because of COVID-19, but that doesn't mean work is done.

Full Court Peace says it will be refurbishing different courts throughout communities in Connecticut this summer.