Kevin Frederick, Founder & CEO Social Sabby
Kevin Frederick has spent the last 17 years as a special
education teacher, with a focus on children with autism. He is a graduate of Marist University in Poughkeepsie, NY. He started his love and passion working with autistic children at the Anderson Center for Autism in Staatsburg, New York. He worked both in the residential area and in the classroom serving as an instructional assistant.
Frederick enhanced his knowledge working for the Wallingford, CT Park and Recreation, facilitating social groups for children with special needs.
He continued to foster his educational skills working across age levels at a variety of schools including:
• Stevens Elementary School in Rocky Hill, CT
• Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Middletown, CT
• Hanover Elementary School in Meriden, CT
He is currently employed by the Meriden Board of Education, residing at Francis T. Maloney High School (MHS), where he leads the TLC life skills programming for 18-21-year-old special needs graduates, and is also the head football coach. Over the last nine years, Frederick has done a tremendous job of combining his two passions, working with autistic children, and working with young student athletes. He has built a strong student community within MHS, through education and inclusion of his football players and special needs students.
Frederick had previously served as a community mentor for Benhaven for six years, where he provided in home support for families who have children with autism. He provided these families with respite service, taking these children into the community to work on and improve their social skills. It is at Benhaven when Frederick first met Sabby, and 2019 marked the year of his goal to expand the Social Sabby network nationwide, officially becoming a 501c3 Non-Profit Public Charity, it also marked Sabby’s 25th birthday.
Lorraine Frederick, Director Social Sabby
Lorraine Frederick is an experienced marketing communications professional, who studied at The Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, with a focus on advertising and marketing communications. She has over 20 years of business experience working for major fashion brands in NYC, including Dolce and Gabbana and Calvin Klein Inc. Her desire to get back to her CT roots, led her to increase her business acumen working across new industries, including consumer-packaged goods, beauty and nutrition. Her last position held was Director of Marketing & Advertising for a global nutritional supplement company based in Farmington, CT.
While she experienced professional success, and will always be a true marketer at heart, there was a missing piece to the puzzle, and that was the desire to give back to her community and help others. Through her now husband Kevin, she was introduced to Social Sabby in 2012, and has taken a partnership role in the organization ever since.
What started out as volunteering and creating flyers to advertise upcoming events, turned into making Social Sabby her full-time focus, with the long-term goal of expanding available services nationwide. Today Lorraine manages the Social Sabby business operations, website and advertising, while her husband Kevin continues to work directly with famililes in the community to provide inclusive group programming and 1:1 support services. In 2019 she successfully transitioned Social Sabby to an official 501c3 Non-Profit Public Charity. She now works to secure local and federal grant funding to assist local families with the cost to participate in Social Sabby programming. In 2022, Social Sabby was awarded a Federal Grant through The City of Meriden and The American Rescue Plan Act allowing a 50% discount on all program services. She continues to work diligently on acquiring funding to offer support services for special needs children in the greater Meriden, CT community.
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