Singer’s annual CMA week competition celebrates ten years of giving back [Video]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — CMA Fest may officially kick off Thursday… but there is already plenty of excitement and tourists downtown. I saw it for myself today at the Craig Campbell Celebrity Cornhole Challenge!

People are able to place bids to play a round with celebrities like Jerrod Niemann, Colbie Caillat and Uncle Kracker at 6th and Peabody. All of the money raised goes to a cause that’s close to Campbell’s heart: spreading awareness and funding research and treatments for colorectal cancer.

“My dad was 36-years-old when he died with colorectal cancer,” Campbell told me. “The older I got, I dug into what took him from me and I found out that colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable cancers — so that’s been my mission.”

Campbell, known for songs like ‘Family Man’ and ‘Keep Them Kisses Comin” founded The Kenny Campbell Foundationto honor his late father. The organization specializes in raising …