Awake (Skillet album) Awake (Skillet album) Awake is the seventh album by American Christian rock band Skillet. It is the follow-up to their Grammy-nominated album "Comatose". The album was released August 25, 2009 by Lava Records and Ardent Records and debuted at No. 2 on the "Billboard" 200. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on July 27, 2010, and has since gone double platinum, selling over 2,000,000 copies to date. It was nominated for Top Christian Album at the "Billboard" Music Awards 2011 and won. This is the last album to feature guitarist Ben Kasica and
Alternative giving situation for all involved: he gets nothing, his friends spent a considerable amount of money on the alternative gift, the African family would not likely appreciate having "another mouth to feed," and the goat being taken away from its natural environment to an unfamiliar place unsuited for it. Alternative giving Alternative giving is a form of gift giving in which the giver makes a donation to a charitable organization on the gift recipient’s behalf, rather than giving them an item. The idea of giving something to one person by paying another was applied by Benjamin Franklin as a "trick [...]