Thank you for your support of the 2011 Jupiter Ball. Sponsorship information for the 2012 ball will be available in June 2012. 2011 sponsorship information is provided here for informational purposes only. Please contact us for additional information.
	To request an invitation or to become a Jupiter Ball supporter, please contact Jupiter Ball Coordinator Terry Gunnels at (919) 843-3474 or jupiterball@unc.edu.
	Friday, Nov. 18 Morehead Building 250 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill 7:15 p.m. Champagne and Cocktail Reception Location: Genevieve B. Morehead Rotunda 8:00 p.m. Dinner and Musical Presentation Location: Morehead State Dining Room 9:30 p.m.–Midnight Dancing with The Headliners Tour of DESTINY lab Telescope viewing of the planets and stars

2011 Jupiter Ball pictures are here!

The Jupiter Ball begins anew on Friday, November 18, 2011 with a stylishly different format. But the purpose of our elegant black-tie gala remains the same — to support quality science education for children across the state.

Jeremy is a student at Yadkin Success Academy in Yadkinville. He came to a field trip at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center because of people like you — people who know how important that experience can be for students like Jeremy.

According to his teacher, Denice Potter, Morehead energized Jeremy's appetite for learning.

"After talking the whole way home on the bus about all the new things he had learned and all that he wanted to learn, he asked me for my Magic Tree House Research Guide for Space. He wanted to read it on his own — READ it on his OWN!!!!"

Jeremy isn't alone. In the first six months of the Jupiter Ball Scholarship Program, 2,282 students from across the state received need-based scholarships which enabled them to experience Morehead and its array of amazing science offerings. Our goal once we get them here is to ignite a lifelong passion for science and learning.

The Jupiter Ball has become a Chapel Hill tradition. As always, this annual black-tie gala will offer outstanding food and entertainment, this year in the more intimate setting of our beautiful State Dinning Room. Dr. Charles Sanders will be honored as our special guest. Guests may tour our DESTINY traveling science laboratory and view the night sky from the observatory. But Jupiter Ball is much more than that. It represents an opportunity for children like Jeremy...an opportunity they won't have without your support.