Memorial to John Whitaker he opened a free Sunday School in Pickford Street, which accommodated about 40 children. In doing this he was inspired by Robert Raikes who had initiated the Sunday School movement, and by David Simpson, a local Anglican priest who had earlier provided schools for poor children in the town. Unlike most Sunday Schools, Whitaker's school was non-denominational. In 1814 he followed this by opening a much larger purpose-built Sunday School in Roe Street. The school was financed by public subscription and by the children paying a small weekly fee. Whitaker died in 1820, but the school continued to flourish, and
Tricia Raikes Jeff Raikes. Tricia has held other leadership roles, working with Stanford University’s Task Force on Undergraduate Education, and serving the United Way of King County as the co-chair of their 2006-2007 campaign. Additionally, Tricia has served on boards for the Washington State University Foundation and the King County Boys & Girls Club. Tricia has been recognized as one of the Puget Sound Business Journal's Women of Influence in 2007, named the 2012 ParentMap Humanitarian Superhero, and selected as one of the White House's Champions of Change for her work addressing youth homelessness. Tricia Raikes Tricia Raikes is an American businesswoman