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Operation Facebook

Very simple for every 250 fans we get on the Honeycrisp.com Facebook page we will send a case of apples to a Soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan. As always Operation Apple pays for any/all shipping to any Military address, anywhere in the World.

I go back to my posts from Christmas time a couple of years ago. If you participate you will find that at first you think you make Soldiers feel better. Proud to be serving, proud that those at home recognize their service. Then you feel the results, you read some emails, get some calls and suddenly your overwhelmed. Overwhelmed with the feeling of goodness within you. You realize that who you actually made feel better was you. You feel taller you feel better, all because a Soldier serving gave you the ability to step up just a little.

As always I want to say just very simply "Thank you" , thank you for keeping my country safe. Thank you for keeping my kids and Grandchildren safe. Your not just the best fighting force in the the World your our best fighting force in the World for all of what is good.

So now its so easy, just get your friends to fan us on Facebook and we will send free apples to our Troops.

Our thoughts and prayers are with those who serve and their families.

"Operation Apple" Undisclosed Location In Iraq

"Operation Apple"

has been taking place over the last few months in an undisclosed location in Iraq. It has been rumored that this Crunching of "Explosively Crisp®" Honeycrisp has been taking place at a Medical Unit, but this has not been confirmed yet by any reputable sources like the "AP". It has been said by Senior Officials within the military that possibly these Honeycrisp apples have lifted the spirit and provided higher levels of energy among the troops.

While we did not check with "JK" it does appear that troops that eat Honeycrisp are highly educated. This was further confirmed by the fact that in caption of this picture that they spelled everything correctly to include the word Honeycrisp which many times by people in the press and Washington DC is misspelled "Honey Crisp". Just google news the word Honeycrisp.

These troops also are of higher intelligence by the mere fact that they choose a nutritional snack, an apple, Honeycrisp and that they are indeed smiling while consuming them. Some in Washington might be eating Red Delicious.

We would like to thank people like Dan, Greta, Emily Anne and some other participants who at this time we can not either confirm or deny their participation in "Operation Apple".

It should be noted that any remarks that might be considered sarcastic were only the opinion of the author and not any Military person who is proudly serving their Country.

All kidding aside it is our honor to participate in "Operation Apple" by paying the shipping of the apples to our brave, proud men and women serving their Country. It is by their service that once again tonight my family and yours can sleep knowing that we are safe. May we never forget. Remember to thank a soldier and take a minute to say a prayer for their continued safety.

Paul Woolley
Just a Guy Happy to be an American!

ANY AND ALL PHOTOS ARE THE PROPERTY OF:

Honeycrisp.Com & The Proud Men and Woman serving our Country.

Once confirming you have sent apples to our troops we will might give you permission to use such photos.

Operation Ship Apples or Soldiers Love Apples

All about apples unless I decide to talk about something else. Recently we have been sending a few apples to our fine Men and Woman serving in Iraq. We as a company and the Mulbury Family have been not charging the shipping associated with these apple orders. It really started due to the fact our system wont figure the shipping for the APO addresses. We are presently looking to put a program together where people ordering on our site can contribute to "Operation Ship Apples" so we can expand this program. We are open to suggestions and are looking to possibly team up with a couple of groups that are shipping packages to Soldiers they don't even know. That program I think I would name "Operation Random Acts of Kindness".

But in the short time this has started it has grown to more than just picking up the tab for the shipping. It has given us a chance to correspond with great service people like Dan, Emily and Greta serving our Country in Iraq. My message to them has been one of my families appreciation for their service to protect us. That our prayers are with them as they serve like many others before them. My biggest thing is just to say THANK YOU FOR SERVING YOUR COUNTRY and that everyone I talk to are very proud of them. I realize that they are only a few of the proud but they are like all that serve beside them, they are our "Proud". I know when I chat back and fourth with them in just a few brief emails it makes me feel proud that people like them represent our Country.

Recently I had to fly to St. Louis for some meetings and on my way back flying US Air out of St. Louis the US Air employee handling the boarding walked over to two men in Uniform and had them board first. Maybe that is normal practice I do not know but I thought that it was nice. One persons way (or one company) of showing their appreciation and respect. They sat just across the row from me and come to find out they were on their way home to WV from boot camp/Tech training. One of the guys was excited that his grandmother was waiting up just to see him arrive home but his largest excitement seem to come from the thought of just sleeping in his own bed. I thought after I wish I had known his name, maybe send him a box of apples.

After we get done watching everything on CNN and FOX and sit and ponder wondering what we can do maybe it could be just so simple. So simple to say "Thank You" to a person in Uniform or without even knowing what their religious beliefs are saying "My Prayers are with you" or maybe it is making a small donation to one of the organizations that have organized to send packages to our troops like Jacobs Light Foundation, which touched my heart when I saw Dorine Kenney, Jacobs mom on the CNN show Glenn Beck.

In the end I know that our Military people and their families do so much to protect us and we do so little to show them our appreciation. Maybe all including myself should and could do just a little bit more.

So again THANK YOU FOR SERVING YOUR COUNTRY, my thoughts and prayers are with you. If your a person serving in Iraq or Afghanistan and maybe just need someone to trade emails, send me one.

Oh and to Glenn Beck. We all need to tell Glenn great that he has all these great stories but needs to make it easier to find things like Jacobs Light Foundation on his site. Come on Glenn your a great patriot and I love your show but you could cut one tab of advertising and "GB" to have a spot for the Troops. Remember Glenn these are the guys and girls that are going to pull the batteries out of your doomsday clock.

Paul Woolley

Honeycrisp Apple - Katie Couric NBC

Katie did a segment on "What Foods Can Help You Loose Weight?" if you click the link it will take you to the NBC site and play the video. During this segment Katie say's she loves this new apple Honeycrisp. The best part here is that about four years ago we sent her and Matt a box of Honeycrisp apples and told her why they were so special. I did get a call from Katie's secretary who thanked me for the apples but that was it. See Katie could have got you started on Honeycrisp apples four years ago.