It's your chance to showcase your community and have the opportunity to meet a celebrity.
Canadian kids aged 16 and under have the chance to meet Canadian teen heartthrob Jordan Francis ("Camp Rock 2," "Connor Undercover") and show him all the fun things to do in their hometown for the new Kids' CBC television and interactive series "Cross Country Fun Hunt." Starting today, kids can log onto: www.cbc.ca/kids/games/funhunt/ to nominate themselves and the most fun place or activity in their town or neighbourhood by uploading cool photos and homemade videos. Then, this summer, Jordan Francis and the "Cross Country Fun Hunt" crew hit the road for the ultimate cross-Canada road trip - stopping to visit the destinations that have the highest number of votes online and the kids that live there.
"I'm really excited to get a chance to take that epic cross-Canada road trip everyone dreams about," says Jordan Francis, host, "Cross Country Fun Hunt," "and being able to get awesome kids to plug in online and then actually get to hang out with them in every corner of the country, is the icing on the cake!"
"Canadian kids everywhere and their communities can participate in this summer road trip in the most interactive way possible," adds Jonathan Finkelstein, Executive Producer, Apartment 11 Productions. "They'll experience this country like they never have before."
As a kid, what do you love the most about your place? What everyday fun do you and your friends have that you think is special to where you live? Is there a super fun or unique activity people do in your town? An amazing natural wonder? Or is it home to a restaurant which creates a special local dish? Kids can go online to create custom profiles and nominate these fun destinations! They can put their destinations on the map with a short video and/or photos of themselves and the friends they want to do these fun activities with. On top of that, kids will be able to check out and browse all of the videos and creative content uploaded by other kids all across the country.
When the road trip begins this summer, kids get in the virtual driver's seat and vote online to decide which places Jordan visits as he heads across the country, watching webisodes of the epic adventure unfold day by day. Each destination will be a dot on the interactive "Cross Country Fun Hunt" virtual map which will be open for all to explore. In the fall, Jordan's epic "Cross Country Fun Hunt" will be turned into a Kids' CBC television series which will end with a grand finale concert with Jordan and his friends in the neighbourhood or town that gets voted "the funnest place in Canada!"
