Team Jesse Documentary Premieres at SIFF 2012
Last summer, Wimmer Solutions was proud to sponsor the Team Jesse
Foundation and an incredible journey across the United States
that supported its mission to provide education and support to the
families of fallen soldiers.
On June 9th, 2011, Team Jesse Foundation founder Kevin Mincio and
Wimmer Solutions CEO Matt Sauri embarked on a grueling 95-day,
4,200-mile bicycle ride across the US to raise money and
awareness for these families, stopping along the way to meet many
of them.
Join us for the World Premiere of the documentary film
chronicling their epic journey.
The Long Ride Home, an Official Selection at the Seattle
International Film Festival, premieres on Memorial Day 2012 at the
Uptown Theater, May 28 at 6PM. There will be a second showing at
the Harvard Exit on May 29 at 4PM. Tickets are selling out fast, so
we encourage you to buy yours now! You can view a trailer of the
film here.
Film Synopsis:
In 2001, Kevin Mincio was an up-and-coming Goldman Sachs vice
president with an office at 1 Liberty Plaza - next door to the
World Trade Center - when the first plane hit the tower. In an
instant, his life was transformed. He put his promising career on
hold to enlist in the Army and was assigned to America's first
Stryker Brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington. Deployed to Iraq, Mincio
was assigned as an infantryman to the 3rd Brigade,
2nd Infantry Division. Though he would eventually come
home, his Army buddy, Staff
Sgt. Jesse Williams, would not be as fortunate. Sgt. Mincio
made a vow to help care for Williams' daughter and family, and
later to do all he could for the families of fallen soldiers. With
those goals in mind, he started The Team Jesse Foundation, and
launched fundraising efforts like "The Ride", a challenging bicycle
trip of 4,200 miles over 95 days aiming to arrive at Ground Zero on
the tenth anniversary of 9/11/01.
The Long Ride Home is the story of
that ride - and of Kevin Mincio's personal quest to honor the
sacred promise he made to a friend and fellow soldier.
