The Tiverton Police Department is asking for the community’s help in raising money for a 7-year-old Tiverton boy battling leukemia.

Liam Chapman was diagnosed with leukemia in November and now faces two years of treatment.

Donations will help cover the treatment costs, which may include chemotherapy, steroids, and physical therapy.

A fundraising basketball tournament will be held on April 6, 2024, to help raise money for the family.

The Tiverton Police Department is also challenging other local police departments and fire departments to participate in a teamwide fundraising effort to help Liam.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) assisted a What’sUpNewp journalist with the reporting included in this story.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...

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