LAST-MINUTE PUSH

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Just a few days before Christmas, more than $11,000 was still needed to reach the Albany Community Chest’s 2023 goal of $45,000.

Then, with last-minute and year-end giving, the campaign surged, and a report earlier this weekshowedthatcontributions had moved well over the 100 percent mark.

Right before the end of the year, several large and small donations came in to move the total within about $2…