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In March of 2014, Michael and his wife Missy Owen co-founded the Davis Direction Foundation (DDF) following the death of their son, Davis. In December of 2014, Missy retired from public education to devote full time attention as the Executive Director to the DDF – a foundation to promote awareness, affect change and save lives related to opiate/heroin addiction. In the first year of operation, the DDF, with a founding board of 11 members, has raised over $60k, launched a 6-month Metro Atlanta Billboard campaign, hosted 3 Opiate/Heroin Symposiums and 2 Memorial ceremonies, held a golf tournament raising over $15K and received a grant from the American Medical Association Foundation to purchase and handout life-saving Narcan kits. The AMA Grant also allowed the DDF to compile and publish a packet of information, which is placed in schools and businesses throughout Georgia, and surrounding states. The work of the DDF has been highlighted in the media through newspapers, television stations and “Our Town” magazine.