(Houston) Feb. 2, 2006 — Vinson & Elkins LLP is pleased to announce that it has partnered with CanCare of Houston Inc., a non-profit cancer support network, to educate and improve the quality of life of cancer survivors and their families.
 
CanCare of Houston provides services to help companies and their employees manage the personal and emotional cost of cancer. As a community partner, V&E; would provide employees and their family members with access to confidential support volunteers to help them along their journey.

"CanCare orchestrates all the vital dimensions of healing," said Mark Hanson, director of administration at Vinson & Elkins. "It marries our enormous capacity for caring with the enormous need to be cared for. V&E; is extremely proud to be a partner of this wonderful organization."

CanCare of Houston was founded in 1990 by Anne Turnage, a cancer survivor since 1973. The organization offers free, one-on-one, long-term emotional support to cancer patients and their families. It also offers support for co-workers in the workplace touched either directly or indirectly by cancer, and provides toolkits to help supervisors manage workers affected by cancer.

Originally supported by one congregation, CanCare of Houston's ministry now includes more than 75 congregations, eight hospitals and 13 corporate partners. 

"CanCare of Houston is grateful for the opportunity to provide Vinson & Elkins' most valuable asset, its employees, support as they deal with a diagnosis of cancer," said CanCare of Houston President Nancy Tucker.

For more information about this release, please contact Darrin Schlegel, V&E;'s senior communications specialist, at 713.758.2171 or at dschlegel@velaw.com.

Vinson & Elkins was established in 1917 and is one of the world's largest international law firms. The firm has about 700 lawyers practicing in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Dubai, Houston, London, Moscow, New York, Shanghai, Tokyo and Washington D.C.

The firm was named one of Houston's "Best Places to Work" by the Houston Business Journal in 2005 and one of the top 50 "Best Companies to Work for in Texas" by the Best Companies Group, in conjunction with the Texas Association of Business, Texas Monthly and The Society for Human Resource Management - Texas State Council.