Hair today, gone tomorrow; Shavees sacrifice locks for a good cause

Chris Crane made quite a sacrifice Sunday when he allowed the shaving of his long beard — dyed green ahead of St. Patrick’s Day — for the annual St. Baldrick’s Day fundraiser at Chicago Loop Sports Bar & Grill in Streamwood.

But even Crane had his limits.

“I got to keep my eyebrows, though,” the Algonquin resident said just before stylist Andrea Pileggi took the clippers to his months of facial hair growth.

Crane was among the shavees who gave up their hair, whether it be one top of the head or below the chin, during the Streamwood Professional Firefighters Local 3022-sponsored event that raises money to battle pediatric cancer.

Also volunteering to go bald for the cause was 10-year-old Logan Neubauer of Warrenville.

“So proud,” Janet Neubauer said in describing her feelings as her son’s locks fell to the floor. “Logan decided to do this on his own, so, he was excited to raise money and help the kids with cancer.”