The New Emergency Resource Agency (NERA) is a caramel apple fundraiser in time for Valentine’s Day. Every year, a group of NERA supporters gather to make 750 caramel apples by hand. They decorate each regular, nut-coated, or chocolate coated caramel apple with a colorful wrap and a bow. Each hand-dipped apple costs $12. The fundraiser can trace its origins to a small fundraising event in 2007…