Kiwanis delegates elect leaders, trustees

ORLANDO, Fla. (June 28, 2008) - Kiwanis club delegates, meeting Friday at the 93^rd annual Kiwanis International Convention in Orlando, Fla., elected Don Canaday, of Fishers, Ind., Paul Palazzolo, of Springfield, Ill., and Sylvester Neal, of Auburn, Wash., as 2008-2009 Kiwanis International President-Designate, President-Elect-Designate and Vice-President-Designate.

"We are filled with gratitude and humility at your allowing us to take the reins of this great organization," said President-Designate Don. "We are excited and prepared to hit the ground running for another year of Kiwanis service and growth - in the tradition cultivated and nurtured by our predecessors - the past presidents and leaders of Kiwanis International."

President-Designate Don is charter president of the Kiwanis Club of Meridian Hills, Ind., near Kiwanis International headquarters in Indianapolis, Ind., and has been a member of three other Kiwanis clubs with a total of 38 years of membership.

President-Elect-Designate Paul is past distinguished president of the Kiwanis Club of Springfield-Downtown, Ill., a governor of the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District in 1994-95, and former district secretary, district treasurer and president of the district foundation board.

Vice-President-Designate Sylvester has belonged to the Kiwanis Club of the Valley, Auburn, since 2003. He is a former member of the Kiwanis clubs of Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, and was Kiwanian of the Year four times. He served as governor of the Pacific Northwest District in 2002-03.

Delegates also selected five Trustees at the convention, each for a three-year term: Tadao Oda of Sendai, Japan, Robert Vande Rieviere, of Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Garry Warner, of Sikeston, Mo., Jim Jennings, of Green Valley, Ariz., and Ed Hutchinson, of Cape May, N.J.