Mak Abulhson, president of Mercer Island Rotary, awarded Stacy Bjarnason the club’s prestigious Achievement Award at the June 16 meeting. The award honors an Island resident and non-Rotarian who exemplifies the ideals of Rotary in their business or personal life.

Bjarnason has demonstrated a commitment to the Mercer Island community with her display of fairness to all, building goodwill and better friendship and serving in beneficial ways to her community, Abulhson said.

Bjarnason’s recent activities include being a board member and on the executive committee for the Boys and Girls Club, a co-founder of the Mercer Island Presbyterian Church preschool, “Pebble,” a youth soccer coach and board member, past president of the Mercer Island track and field booster club, president of the Mercer Island basketball booster club, president of the MIHS golf booster club, past president of the National Charity League-Evergreen chapter, treasurer of the Mercer Island Community Fund and announcer for the MIHS track meets.

Abulhson added that she does all these activities and more in an effective manner, in an unassuming way, but still leaving quite an impact. She has been an asset to the groups she has touched without drawing a lot of attention to herself, he said.

Bjarnason was presented with inscribed crystal and was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow, one of the highest honors provided by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International at the meeting.

Bjarnason has lived on the Island with her husband, Greg, and two children, Sarah and Bligh, for several years.