CAPE Annual Dinner Celebrates Association’s 50th Anniversary

2014 marks the 50th Anniversary of our Association representing the collective interests of more than 2,700 of L.A. County’s professional employees and Sanitation Districts’ technicians.

On Thursday evening, March 27, 2014 more than 600 CAPE members and guests gathered at Santa Anita Park for a celebratory dinner and casino night party to commemorate this momentous occasion in CAPE’s history.

In addition to the celebrating, the Association conducted our annual business meeting for members, including a review of the prior year’s Meeting Minutes and Financial Statement, the annual State of the Union Report, and the CAPE Member Awards and Recognitions.

CAPE Vice President, Ken Roberts, delivered the annual State of the Union Report this year. Roberts also had the honor of delivering the following celebratory toast before the capacity crowd:

“Proper etiquette calls for me to raise a glass tonight, on this occasion of our Association’s 50th Anniversary. Fifty years might be ‘middle-aged’ to some, but in the world of public employee associations, there are very few that date back to the early 1960s when CAPE was founded.

We’re here tonight because we’re proud of the long legacy of accomplishments of our Association on behalf of the County’s professional employees. We’re also here tonight because, as CAPE members, we’re proud of the outstanding public service professional employees continue to provide every day to make L.A. County operate more effectively and efficiently.

Without fanfare, CAPE members are the backbone of County service.

For the dedicated work of all the County’s professional employees, and for our Association’s 50th Anniversary, please raise a glass with me.”

For more information from CAPE’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, including a list of the CAPE-member award recipients (click here) and to view the photo gallery, please visit the “Events” page by clicking here.