Class of 2026 All Night Graduation Celebration 

For 37 years the All Night Graduation Celebration committee has provided a safe, substance-free opportunity for Bedford High School seniors to celebrate, reminisce, and enjoy their last time together as a class.  

We are already hard at work planning this year's All Night Grad Celebration, which will be held on June 4, 2026.  Please join our committee! 

We are looking for additional members for the following committees:  

Decorations:  Anu Yajnik, Holly Munsie, Kristin Cefalo

• Timeframe:  January to June
• Before the event:  Assesses inventory of previous years’ decorations and determines what new decorations need to be ordered, and orders them.  Plans how volunteers will be distributed during set up and 
• Immediately before the event (Wednesday 6-9 p.m. and Thursday 10 a.m. until late afternoon):  Manages the large group of volunteers that come to decorate the venue.
• Note:  Can be done by senior parents in conjunction with non-senior parents.  Senior parents usually need to leave early afternoon on graduation day (before the job is fully done).

Entertainment:  Heather Thacore, Karen Collins, Laura Tumasz

• Timeframe:  January to June and at the All Night Grad party
• Before the event:  Responsible for booking all entertainment vendors - mentalist, dj, photo booth, inflatables, fortune tellers, caricature artist, Simon Says (usually by January).  Communicate any special chaperone needs to the Chaperone Chair.  Get small prizes from the Prize Committee for Simon and Blackjack stations.  
• At the event:  Attend the All Night event in order to pay the vendors and manage their arrival/set-up. Bring trivia questions for dj.  This committee must have some members who are non-senior parents.

Food:  Namrata Shah, Parvathi Susarla, Jenn Malenchini

• Timeframe:  January to June and at the All Night Grad party
• This committee organizes all of the food needs for the party.  This includes the arrival “small bites”, the main meal at 1:00 a.m., desserts, and breakfast.  All donations and sign-ups are done via Sign Up Genius.
• Before the party:  Solicit and organize pickup times for food donations from area restaurants. Organize and prepare signup genius for food donations for May 1.  Order the main meal (Chipotle).  Provide pizza for parent volunteers on Wednesday setup night.  Attend the Wednesday night setup to receive food donations and refrigerate drinks/make iced coffee.
• At the party:  Attend the party to manage the food all night.  Train the volunteers as they arrive.  Stay through the cleanup Friday morning.  This committee must have some members who are non-senior parents.

Pictures Booth: Patricia Fabian and Liz Kennedy

• Timeframe:  April - June and at the All Night Grad party
• Photographers at ANG walk around and take candid photos of students.  Their memory cards are periodically brought to the picture booth where volunteers print and prepare photos for students to take home as souvenirs.  The photos are also digitally distributed to the students who purchase the USB in the summer.
• Before the event: Determine supplies needed for the picture booth and order them 
• At the event:  Train volunteers to run the picture booth.  This committee must have some members who are non-senior parents.

Social Media Coordinator:  Volunteer(s) needed

• Timeframe: January to June
• Before the party:  Request membership in the four high school class parent pages on FB.  Communicate needs to these groups when necessary (financial, volunteer, food/gift cards), and promote purchase of tickets in May.
• No need to attend the event.  This committee is open to Senior or non-Senior parents.

Save the Date 
Class of 2026 All Night Graduation Celebration 
June 4-5, 2026, 10:30 PM to 5 AM

Senior Families can purchase tickets, USB, and raffle tickets when available here.

Sign up to volunteer: [Links to 2026 sign-ups will be updated when available, email bedfordang@gmail.com to become involved.]

• In person help Sign-up to come, or email bedfordang@gmail.com to become involved.
• Food Donation Sign-up to come, or email bedfordang@gmail.com to become involved.
• Prize Donation Sign-up to come, or email bedfordang@gmail.com to become involved.

Financial contributions can be made via:

• Venmo  www.venmo.com/BHS-AllNightGrad (@BHS-AllNightGrad)
• PayPal http://tinyurl.com/BedfordANG, or
• by check made out to BHS All Night Graduation. Checks can be sent to the main office or mailed to BHS All Night Graduation P.O. Box 175, Bedford, MA 01730.

All patrons that make a donation by April 30 to the All Night Graduation Celebration will be featured in the event program, as well as thanked in The Bedford Citizen online newspaper, BHSPA newsletter and in the Bedford High School Buccaneer Bulletin distributed to the families of over 800 students.

Donors will also be acknowledged on All Night Graduation associated social media accounts.

Corporate Sponsorship Levels for Businesses

Platinum Donor $2,000 and above
Gold Donor $1,000-$1,999
Silver Donor $500-$999
Bronze Donor $250-$499
Buccaneer Blue Donor $1-$249

In addition to financial support, the All Night Graduation Committee is also in need of volunteers*, plus donations of food and raffle prizes from parents of both Seniors and Underclassmen. 

Thank you for your continued support of this important event! 

Volunteer details: (Sign-ups coming in May)

• Senior Parents/Guardians are needed for set-up and clean-up, but are not permitted to volunteer during the actual All Night Grad Party. 

• Parents and guardians of older or younger kids are needed to chaperone during the event. It takes a village!  

• Parents and guardians are needed for set-up the night before graduation (Wed., June 3) and the day of graduation (Thurs., June 4).  (Senior parents are able to leave set-up in plenty of time to get to the graduation ceremony!)  
  
  
• Additionally, after the All Night Grad Party, we ask that parents of seniors help with clean-up at 5:00 a.m on Friday, June 5, as we have to put everything away in time for school to start for the underclassmen who are still in session.  Many hands make light work!  The clean-up typically takes just 60 – 90 minutes.  

Interested in joining the All Night Graduation Celebration Committee? Send us an email and come to a meeting! bedfordang@gmail.com 

Help out different committees this year and see where you could help chair next year!