Vito Signorile is shown with
his 3-year old son, Anthony, who has just caught a “prize” at the
Childrens’ Fish Pond which was part of a display set up at the Hanmer
Valley Shopping Centre by the Trailsmen Rod & Gun Club.
Vito and his wife, Roxanne,
are typical of young families who are moving in to the City of
Greater Sudbury
from larger centers to the south. In fact, their youngest child, Nicholas,
who is only a year old, was born after they moved.
Born and raised in
Toronto
, Vito and his wife, who was originally from Longlac, lived in
King
City
, generally considered to be a relatively good place for a young family.
“It is just so congested
and busy in
Southern Ontario
,” explained Vito when asked why they decided to come north. “Even in
King
City
, we found that it wasn’t a place where we wanted to raise a family.
Both my wife and I had to work to keep up the mortgage and other expenses,
and we simply decided that it was more important for us to have a
much higher quality of life as a family.”
When they decided to sell
their home and move to the Greater Sudbury Area, there was no question
where they wanted to settle. “
Valley East
is the ideal community for us. It has that “small town” feeling where
everyone is so friendly to each other and you can say hello to perfect
strangers. There is a great community spirit compared to what we were able
to find in the south. It is a place where you can get involved in just
about anything and people are just so open and accepting.”
With family life being so
important, Vito and Roxanne found that they could even meet their
financial obligations with only one income. “We decided that our kids
were our top priority, and in
Valley East
we can afford to live on one income. Having Roxanne as a stay-at-home mom
is such a benefit to living in this area. It is something that we
couldn’t do if we were still in
King
City
. Now, we don’t have to worry about bring our children to a day care at
7 in the morning, or leaving work early when we get a phone call during
the day that our kids are sick. These are very important things to us and
in
Valley East
we are allowed to live the life we want without suffering at all.”
The Signorile’s are the
kind of new members that the Trailsmen Rod and Gun Club are trying to
attract. “My wife and I love the outdoors and we wanted to get involved
with a group where we would meet a lot of people with similar interests.
So when we moved here two years ago we joined the Trailsmen Rod & Gun
Club. It is something that I would recommend to anyone with children.”
It is always nice to get a
fresh perspective on the community spirit that exists in
Valley East
. At times, people who have lived in the area for a long time lose site of
how much we have to be thankful for in this town. Perhaps Vito put it all
into proper perspective when he said, “I can even leave my car unlocked
here.”
