Children made up an important part of the volunteer work force. As Greenwich resident Alexandra Spann remembered later in life, once the War started she stopped playing after school. Instead, she went with her mother to help with Red Cross efforts at the YMCA. A main activity there was knitting garments and accessories for soldiers. Similarly, Horace H. Bassett recalled how he and his boyhood friends knit squares that were assembled into afghan bed coverings at school. He also recalled how the children saved their peach pits and shells of nuts that were gathered at school for use in gas mask filters. At times in these young lives, it must have seemed as if every act had some impact on the War’s outcome.