Giver (2012)

Country

Canada

Length

4 seasons, 1 episode

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A children's show where a host leads a team of kids to design and build new public parks in Ontario communities. The series features professional designers and contractors working together with local children on each project.

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What happens

Giver is a Canadian children's television series, which premiered on TVOntario's TVOKids programming block, airing from 2012 to 2017. Hosted by Michael Lagimodiere, each episode enlists a team of local children to assist in creating, designing and building a new or renovated public park in an Ontario community, in collaboration with professional designers and contractors. To celebrate Canada's 150th birthday Giver 150 was slated to release on July 1, 2017. Giver 150 set to build the largest playground in the country, to be located in Ottawa at Mooney Bay. Over 400 volunteers ranging from kids to adults from all over the country helped build the playground. The 50,000 square foot playground is shaped like Canada and has different play space representing each of the country's provinces and territories. The series is a three-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program, at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013, the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 and the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016. The show won a Daytime Emmy Award at the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Education or Informational Series". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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