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Tom Serratore is looking for the next Tom Serratore.

Back in 2007, the Tinley Park native was a freshman soccer and baseball player at Andrew High School, where he took part in a St. Baldrick’s event. At the time, St. Baldrick’s was new in the Chicago area and becoming wildly popular.

The idea is simple. People raise money for childhood cancer research by getting their heads shaved at events usually held around St. Patrick’s Day. Serratore and nine others lost their hair at an assembly at the Thunderbolts’ athletic field.

“I grew my hair out to be pretty bushy,” Serratore recalled. “It was pretty long. It was windy and my hair was blowing all over the place. I felt really proud that as a freshman, I was one of the top 10 fundraisers for this

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