This veteran’s Halloween spirit gave him a new purpose. The result? $1 million for kids suffering with cancer

EDITOR’S NOTE:  This is a follow-up to a story on the CNN 5 Good Things podcast. For more uplifting stories like this one, listen wherever you get your podcasts — new episodes drop every Saturday.

Jeff Robertson didn’t take Halloween decorations seriously until 2020, when he wanted to make his kids smile during the pandemic.

Every year since, his yard in Holly Springs, North Carolina — and hundreds more across the country –— has been full of plastic skeletons of all sizes for a haunting but heartwarming cause, raising more than $1 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

That first year, with his windows boarded up, the display’s theme was a house under attack by what…