{"id":233,"date":"2025-05-19T19:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2025-05-19T19:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:22:16","slug":"standing-together-on-ibd-day-why-we-game-for-a-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/standing-together-on-ibd-day-why-we-game-for-a-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Together on IBD Day: Why We Game for a Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today is World IBD Day, a day recognized globally to raise awareness for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, which includes Crohn\u2019s disease and ulcerative colitis. These chronic illnesses affect millions of people around the world\u2014causing pain, fatigue, and daily challenges that can often be invisible to others.<br><br>At Gaming4Guts, we\u2019re more than just a group of gamers\u2014we\u2019re a community built around purpose. Since 2014, we&#8217;ve united players, streamers, and supporters to help raise both funds and awareness for those living with IBD. What began as a small grassroots effort has now grown into a movement that\u2019s raised over $70,000 for IBD-related causes.<br><br>Why We Game<br>We game to bring attention to the everyday realities of life with IBD.<br>We game to raise funds for research, better treatments, and patient support.<br>We game to honor loved ones\u2014our friends, our families, and especially the moms, dads, siblings, and partners who inspire us to keep going.<br><br>For many of us, this cause is deeply personal. Whether you live with IBD yourself or support someone who does, you\u2019re part of a community that understands the strength it takes to fight an invisible illness.<br><br>How You Can Help<br>\ud83c\udfae Join a stream during one of our #Gaming4Guts events.<br><br>\ud83d\udc99 Donate to support IBD research and care.<br><br>\ud83d\udce2 Share stories to spread awareness and understanding.<br><br>\ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83e\udd1d\u200d\ud83e\uddd1 Connect with our community\u2014especially through our <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/uPRPtkVq\">Discord<\/a> server built for gamers with IBD.<br><br>On this IBD Day, we reflect, we raise our voices, and\u2014we keep gaming. For awareness. For advocacy. For a cure.<br><br>Thank you for standing with us.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is World IBD Day, a day recognized globally to raise awareness for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, which includes Crohn\u2019s disease and ulcerative colitis. These chronic illnesses affect millions of people around the world\u2014causing pain, fatigue, and daily challenges that can often be invisible to others. At Gaming4Guts, we\u2019re more than just a group of gamers\u2014we\u2019re &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/standing-together-on-ibd-day-why-we-game-for-a-cause\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Standing Together on IBD Day: Why We Game for a Cause&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,14,13,4,10],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming4guts","tag-colitis","tag-crohns","tag-crohnsandcolitis","tag-gaming4guts","tag-ibd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236,"href":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming4guts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}