Beasts of Helena Arkansas

Freeman Ellis Stanley spent almost nine monnths at Arkansas Children's Hospital with his family. He spent three and a helf months in the NICU and five months in the PICU. Through the love of doctors, nurses, and staff, ACH became a second home to Freeman and his family. 

After losing Freeman at 10 months in 2016 due to pulmonary hypertension, his parents William and Misti Freeman Stanley wanted to remember Freeman's life and the lives of other Phillips County children who died too soon by designing and raising funds for the all-ability Freeman Playground located in Helena, Arkansas. Since then, Will and Misti have designed and painted the Beasts of Helena Mural with local children at Freeman Playground, and Beasts of Helena docuyments the entire process.

Will and Misti live in Helena-West Helena, AR, the historic blues music city located on the Mississippi river, two hours frrom Little Rock.