Kevin Hays Challenge advocates for and promotes cancer screenings [Video]

GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WKBW) — March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and fellow neighbors are honoring their friend by shedding a light on colon cancer. The Kevin Hays Challenge is a pledge that says you will stay up-to-date with any necessary cancer screenings.

The challenge was created to honor the life of Western New York native, Kevin Hays who passed away in 2021 at the age of 36 from colon cancer. Kevin was a major advocate for health screenings and created the Buffalo Colon Corp. The organization was dedicated to promoting colon health and screenings.

“He was such a huge advocate for people getting screened. Anytime he had a microphone he would be talking to people about please getting screened, you know making sure they were talking to their loved ones, to their parents,” Kevin Hays Challenge Creator Dylyn Harrison said. “We really wanted to continue that in his death …