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JP Gibson and family meet NBA commissioner Adam Silver. Photo used by permission; Credit – Megan Gibson

Last October, JP Gibson, a five-year-old boy who was diagnosed with leukemia as a toddler, took the court during a Utah Jazz intra-squad scrimmage and proceeded to inspire a nation. While JP went on to win his 1,162-day bout with cancer, he and his family now need your help to fight against pediatric cancer everywhere–

Help us raise money for pediatric cancer research – walk @ Sugarhouse park next Saturday. Join JPs team at http://t.co/TrTMwPHiqn. #jpgibson — Josh Gibson (@jjpgibson) September 19, 2015

You can do so by joining JP at the 2015 Salt Lake City CureSearch Walk, taking place on Saturday, September 26 at Sugar House Park. The event serves to celebrate and honor children from the Salt Lake City area who have been affected by cancer, as well as raise funds to help combat it.

In addition to participating in the walk on Saturday, you can join JP’s team and donate to the cause by clicking here. As of this writing, more than $30,000 has been raised. However, five days still remain for everyone help the effort reach its $85,000 goal.

The walk is scheduled to begin at 10 AM on Saturday with an 830 AM check-in/registration time. If you’re going to be at Salt Lake Comic Con, you can still participate virtually by donating.

With JP’s sixth birthday coming this week, Megan Gibson is challenging her friends to donate $6 to JP’s CureSearch team, aptly named JP Just Punched Cancer. All of us at Purple & Blues would implore Jazz fans to do the same and join the fight!