Jim Berline
Chairman of BERLINE advertising agency and Board Chair of CATCH (Sparky Anderson's Charity for Children); former All-American wide receiver at University of Michigan and two-time U.S. Grand Masters squash champion.
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Jul 20, 2026
Jim BerlineGUEST
Well, what's really motivating to the Board of Trustees is that no matter how much money we raise, we'll never meet the demand.
Jim BerlineGUEST
Senior execs from the two hospitals, Children's and Henry Ford, come and give us examples of how our money is spent.
Jim BerlineGUEST
And honestly, we couldn't brainstorm the needs of the kids and families in this community who use cash funds.
Jim BerlineGUEST
And unfortunately, we could raise millions and millions of dollars, and there's still need that's going to exceed what we can do.
Lloyd JacksonHOST
And some of what you've talked about are probably some of the needs that people don't even think about until they're living through.
Chris RenwickHOST
Talk about the continued need for this charity and for all that, that it benefits.
Jim BerlineGUEST
Well, what's really motivating to the board of trustees is no matter how much money we raise, we'll never meet the demand.
Jim BerlineGUEST
So each one of our board meetings, we have a, senior execs from the two hospitals, Children's and Henry Ford, come and give us examples of how our money is spent.
Jim BerlineGUEST
And honestly, we couldn't brainstorm the needs of the kids and families in this community who use cash funds.
Jim BerlineGUEST
And unfortunately, we could raise millions and millions of dollars, and there's still need that's going to exceed what we can do.
Lloyd JacksonHOST
And some of what you've talked about are probably some of the needs that people don't even think about until they're living through.