Tom Russell and Carol Moeller founded The Security Blanket in 2001. The first year, various needs were met for four families of children coping with cancer treatments. The next year, 2002, doubling the number of children to eight families, The Security Blanket began to take on a legacy of family-to-family. Families shared information and the children, many having lost their hair, could meet on common ground. Eight years later the "family" has grown to fifty-three, but the burdens seem much lighter, when they meet under a "blanket of love".

Trinity United Methodist Church, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, was the first church to open their hearts and facilities to provide spiritual support. Local support came from social workers, and grief counselors from Duke Hospital. Today, foundations collaborate as partners. The first to become a partner was the Spartanburg Optimist Club. The Spartanburg County Foundation, The United Way, and the Christian Community Foundation are other supporters.

Out of four-thousand entries, The Optimist Club awarded their 2002 International Award,for serving the youth in a community, to The Security Blanket.

Today the board consists of sixteen volunteers. All of this is possible through fundraisers, donations, grants, and community support. When a child becomes part of our family we present them with a carefully chosen, prayed over, blanket. When a child receives treatment for cancer, they wrap themselves in their security blanket.