MSW student Rebecca Oppedisano received the 2015 Excellence Award from the Administrators of Volunteer Services (AVS) of Central New York for her work with From the Ground Up Therapeutic Horsemanship, Inc. In 1998, the AVS Excellence Award was established to honor a current member of AVS who demonstrates exceptional performance that supports their agency’s mission statement, innovation with volunteer recruitment, recognition and retention, and creativity in starting new programs.