The Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF) hosted its Annual Community Associates retreat on December 8th-10th at the Auburn Marriott Opelika Resort Grand National. There were seventy-nine participants from across the 12-county service area of the BBCF which include Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter and Wilcox counties.