World Crohn’s and Colitis Day was created by Josh Golder on May 23, 2007. Josh created WCCD as a way to bring people affected by either disease together, as well as friends and family members of those individuals, and even those who knew nothing about either disease in order to increase awareness of them. Josh set out on WCCD to the streets of Boston, MA during the middle of the day to capture people on film and discuss the meaning of WCCD as well as to promote awareness of it and the True Guts movie. He approached 30 people and handed out free DVDs and T-shirts to further increase awareness and motivation about Crohn's disease and Colitis.