BANGOR – When Jordan Treadwell, 9, saw the frightening televised images of children orphaned by the Southeast Asian tsunamis, he had to do something.

The freckle-faced third-grader decided to try to earn a few dollars for relief efforts by asking for donations for his homemade beaded bracelets.

So far, the small, glass jars filled with brightly colored bracelets he has left at the Vine Street School and at the Fairmount Market on Hammond Street have been filling up with dollar bills – $111.

“I just thought of the people in the tsunami,” Jordan said Friday morning.

He has made 50 bracelets already and planned during the weekend to take some time away from playing in the fresh snowfall to string 30 more.

Fairmount employee Sandy Lawson said that customers have rallied around Jordan’s idea.

“He sold them all out,” she said Thursday afternoon from the market. “The jar here’s right full of money … I’m wearing one right now.”

Jordan and his mother, Donna Treadwell, plan to give the money to UNICEF or another aid organization.

“It’s just wonderful that he actually thinks of other people,” Treadwell said.

Other area youngsters want to help the tsunami victims, too.

Madeline Coffey and Amanda Levasseur, who both will turn 9 on Feb. 6, plan to ask for donations to the Red Cross instead of presents at their joint birthday party.

“The girls had talked about being concerned and that they wanted to do something,” Beth Coffey, Madeline’s mother, said. “They’re getting to that point where they are starting to look beyond their own homes and look at people who have less than they do.”

The girls are adding a special touch to the donation process.

“This weekend they’re making a box [for donations] to have at the birthday party. They’re going to decorate it,” Coffey said.

Lynne Coy-Ogan, principal of Vine Street School, said that one of the most important lessons children can learn is to want to make a difference in someone’s life.

“I think when people see a child take initiative, they want to support that enthusiasm and reinforce that level of creative commitment,” she said.

Fairmount Market employee Jim Phillips smiled as he showed off his small, beaded bracelet he wore on his brawny wrist while waiting on the lunch crowd Friday.

“I think it’s pretty good for a third-grader to do that on his own,” said Dan Tremble, store owner and former Bangor mayor.