NORWICH – Local celebrities are dusting off their cookie sheets, tying on their aprons and stepping up to their batter bowls in support of The Children’s Center.

Among those baking up a storm for the good cause are NYS Senator Thomas Libous, Norwich City Police Chief Joe Angelino, Chenango County Court Justice Howard Sullivan, Norwich Mayor Joe Maiurano and a host of other business and community leaders.

The results of their efforts will be auctioned of at the center’s Cookies and Cream fundraiser, to be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Norwich Fire Station. All proceeds will benefit the organization’s scholarship fund.

“The Children’s Center is vital to working families,” explained Campaign Chair Martha Brower-Ryan. “[The Scholarship Fund] helps offset the cost of child care for families with financial needs, which now comprises 52 percent of all the children served by the center.”

Each celebrity was asked to bake two dozen of their favorite cookies, Ryan explained. One dozen will be put up for bid in a silent auction; the other will be judged by a panel of cookie experts.