The tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma City suburb is long gone, but the damage remains. The citizens of Moore, Oklahoma must now begin the arduous task of rebuilding their homes and their lives in the wake of this disaster. With an official 24 dead, and more than 200 injured, many people have been left in shock.

What Moore-area officials are now focused on is rebuilding. As many as 38,000 people remain without power, and countless others have been displaced, due to the tornado’s destruction of their homes. If you would like to make a donation to help the people of Moore, Oklahoma and the surrounding area, here are some ways you can help:

Support the Victims of the Oklahoma Tornado

The Salvation Army is organizing mobile kitchens large enough to feed up to 2,500 people per day.

The Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund is also taking donations to provide shelter for those families displaced by the tornado’s destruction.

We thank you for your support, and join you in sending our thoughts and prayers to the people of Moore, Oklahoma.

- The Seva Call Team

All 651,429 Toledo metro residents need somebody sometime, and now, when they do, Seva Call is at their service to connect anybody to the right somebody in over 50 service categories like plumbers, dentists, and personal-trainers.

Take Care Of Business In Toledo!

An online search gets consumers thousands of results, but it takes half an hour or so to get anything done. In Toledo, people who want real results can simply visit www.seacall.com, enter their service need, availability, location, and contact info. Then, just stand by to speak to up to 3 local professionals who are ready to help on the consumer’s schedule. Seva Call’s algorithm filters through thousands of area businesses to find the right match, and even factors in quality assurance indicators like online consumer reviews, social media interactions, call analytics, and other forms of consumer feedback. It’s far faster and more comprehensive than skimming through reviews and websites before even confirming that the company is available to take the call or do the job at the needed time.

“Seva Call will put Toledo’s talented to work faster than ever” – Manpreet Singh

So if you’re in Toledo, Ohio and you get a household uh-oh, go to www.sevacall.com to get set up with a pro and be good to go! (It’s clever because it rhymes!)

Ever since the universe cancelled the Mayan armageddon last year, everyone has been a little too comfortable with forgetting about their New Year’s Resolutions. People have been going around thinking that they have all the time in the world to quit that bad habit, do that thing they’ve been putting off, lose those pounds, and generally do everything possible to ensure that 2013 will be just another faded blur of missed opportunities, broken promises, and regret.

But that’s in the past now that we at Seva Call have just reminded you that May is National Recommitment Month, and have endeavored to guilt you into recalling and recommitting to all those goals you set for yourself. We’re recognizing your awesome potential too do great things, if only you weren’t bumming around instead of hitting the gym, applying for those new jobs, studying for that test, and generally being all the awesome you can be. Not feeling guilty yet, you big bag of wasted talent?

Well, what if we pointed out that tomorrow is not promised, but is likely to show up with grey hairs, arthritis, and a bunch of grandkids who will look at you with big doe eyes and ask you “Can I really do anything I put my mind to?” and expect you to smile reassuringly and tell them the story of your regret-free life? What if we mentioned that you’d have to tell them this from your death-bed?

That’s right. Get scared. Get angry. But, by all means get up, get back on the wagon, and get going! Time has gotten away from you and you’ve got less than 6 months to catch up. There’s no time but the present if you want to make 2013 count.

And remember… Don’t put off carpe diem what you can take by the full monty before they’ve hatched where your mouth is… Whatever that means.

The loving human mother is an especially amazing specimen. Her highly-evolved offspring requires among the longest incubation period of any species. The nutrient deprivation and extended period of vulnerability inherent in this process alone is daunting, even if infants were born walking and nearly self-sufficient, like other offspring.

Instead, the trajectory of post-natal development rendered this impossible, even for our primate ancestors. Add to that the unique demands of civilization, and you have a highly-involved breed of mothering which often becomes a fixed pattern of behavior for life. What makes this even more astonishing is that, due to a complex brain structure, the human mother is uniquely unrestricted by mere instinct. She is freed from the reigns of genetically prescribed behavioral patterns; so love is nature’s only possible weapon to ensure the caring sacrifice of a mother for her child — so integral to the continuance of our species.

Let’s show all of the mothers in our lives a little appreciation this Mother’s Day, and every day. You could even treat your mother to her own special day, fit with flowers, a day at the spa, her own personal chauffeur for the day, or a full, professional cleaning of her home.

Happy Mother’s Day!

The Seva Call Team

The road through hilly Cincinnati is a bumpy ride, but getting to the help you need no longer has to be. If you live in The City of Seven Hills, you can tell needless hassles to take a hike. Seva Call has launched in your town and will help you connect to area professionals in real time without bumping into dead-ends along the way.

With Seva Call, you can talk to up to three available service professionals- like tutors, personal trainers, and handymen – without sorting through mounds of search engine results. With a few details about you, your schedule, and your problem, Seva Call finds 3 top-rated service professionals, and quickly connects you by phone so that you can ask questions, compare bonafides, and get the job done at the time right for you.

“Getting a live representative on the phone used to be an uphill battle; but, Seva Call combines  convenience and quality customer service and takes them to new heights”, says Seva Man.

Look at it this way. You know your friend who knew a guy who found out that his ex met her fiance on the Purple People Bridge. Well, had they been driving, they never would have talked, you know, because you can’t talk with cars. But, you can talk with Seva Call, you know? Seva Call is like the bridge between you and the beginning of a beautiful professional relationship — the people bridge version of the information superhighway, but orange instead of purple!

So, to all you good, decent, ‘Nati neighbors hitch hiking along the information super-highway hoping to catch a taxi, a florist, or any top-rated pro: go to www.sevacall.com to connect with a pro you can really talk to… you know?

Remember that macaroni necklace your mom wore every day for two weeks until she noticed that a flock of birds had mistaken her for a feeder and were circling overhead? She was so proud of you. In fact, she beamed just as brightly over every other piece of crap you did or made for her too. She even applauded when you made poopy in the pot! Man, those were the days, right? Now, if you give her a macaroni necklace, she’ll look at you like she did the night you were 2 hours late for curfew and she was worried sick and tired and sick of being worried, sick, and tired. Those were the days too, also called yesterday for some.

Mother’s Day Is As Easy As Macaroni Necklaces Again

But, this Mother’s Day, Seva Call is making it easy to make mom proud. She’ll beam like she did the first time you went potty all by yourself. “You did all this?” she’ll implore; and “Has my baby finally grown up?” she’ll wonder aloud. She’ll never know that you pulled it all together in the last minute and in minutes. We can help you get the perfect gift for any kind of mom you love.

               - If she craves glamour on her special day, she’ll love riding in a  limousine to a fancy restaurant.

               - Overworked and stressed? A relaxing massage will definitely put her mind, body, and soul at ease.

               - Perhaps you’ll just leave her flowers on the kitchen counter in her professionally cleaned home.

Seva Call can connect you to any service you need to put a big smile on mom’s face.  Your mom will think you’re so grown because you managed to orchestrate such a lovely treat. And, isn’t that really what Mother’s Day is all about? It’s the day in the year when daughters and sons step up and prove that they’ve learned the most important lesson a mother teaches: how to love and care for the people who matter most in their lives.

This Mother’s Day, don’t let your busy schedule stand in the way of giving your mom every thing she deserves. It took her 9 long months to make you, but it only takes Seva Call 90 secs to make you the best kid ever!

Seva Man is ready to Rock and Roll as Seva Call rolls into The Cleve! We know that life is wild in The Forest City and finding the right service professional while balancing multiple other time-sensitive demands is one thing Clevelanders aren’t cavalier about.  So, we’re thrilled to be able to help Cleveland residents find the local help they need in the time they need it.

Seva Call is like a less pushy or embarrassing version of the old-fashioned relative  who has someone “really nice” they want you to meet, but for service professionals.  When a Clevelander needs an IT pro, personal trainer, masseuse, plumber, or anyone in one of our numerous service categories, they can turn to Seva Call’s complimentary service that connects them to a service provider quickly, easily, and hassle-free.

You Give Us:

Your location, availability, a detailed description of the service you need, and how we can contact you.

We Give You:

Three phone calls from top-rated, area professionals able to assist you in the time and fashion you need. Every call is securely routed to protect your privacy.

Customers and businesses from Buckeye-Shaker to the Warehouse District will love doing business the easy way. Just go to www.sevacall.com to put in your service request or register your business.

Originating in Mahon, Spain, mayo- or Maionesa in Catalan, is a creamy white sauce composed of oil, egg yolk, and either vinegar or lemon juice. It is used as a condiment for sandwiches and typically accompanies lettuce, tomato, and, ideally, smoked ham, bacon, or a veggie burger. Many a brave or desperate soul has managed to digest a mayonnaise and white bread concoction known as the Mayonnaise Sandwich, but the simple addition of toast and tomato renders it a surprisingly palatable experience. A little known fact is that while a tuna sandwich is primarily composed of tuna, it’s secret ingredient is frequently mayo. The same can be said for nearly all salads for which  lack of lettuce render salad a misnomer — notable  examples including potato salad and egg salad.

In France and Francophone countries, mustard is a frequent ingredient in Mayo, a fact which so infuriated Mexico that it  sunk all the French ships delivering mayo to Mexico in  El Día de la Batalla de Puebla, which means: everyone don a sombrero and drink tequila in celebration of the unlikely victory of Mexico over the French, which secured the beautiful Mexican-American heritage we all share — the one that gave us Tex-Mex, Chipotle, Roberto Enrique, Eva Longoria, Jessica Alba, and over 31,689,879 amazing Americans, while saving us from the abomination of mustard-contaminated mayo .

Feliz Cinco De Mayo and may your mayo always be mustard-free!

Seva Call has officially launched in Columbus, Ohio. Good thing too! Any city named after a guy who never found what he was looking for could probably use a service like Seva Call. We’re like a navigational system for your to-do list, finding the top-rated professionals a customer needs for any of our service categories who are available at the times most convenient for the customer.  If  Chris C. had Seva Call, we might have found and connected him to a area navigational  expert. Luckily, however,  Christopher found America. Luckier still, you found us.

Helping the People Of Columbus Find Their Way

In the city MarketWatch once named one of the best in which to do business, Seva Call will make it even better.  “Businesses, especially the small family-owned ones we love to support but can’t  seem to easily find,  will be a click and a phone ring away” explains founding executive director, Manpreet Singh. That’s right, you say what you need and when, and then, hear from three local service providers that are both capable and available to meet your needs. Plumbers, IT pros, tutors, we’ve got all the everyday to-do’s you want done by an expert doer; but, don’t toss your old Yellow Book in the Scioto River — that’s an environmental hazard.

So, if you’re in Columbus and  your to-do list has you skimming listings in the big book or online, find your way to www.saveacall.com, request a pro, and hear from up to three top-rated experts in minutes.

Use the Promo Code #4Boston  When Submitting A Free Service Request This Week and We’ll Donate $1 to One Fund Boston.

The smoke has long cleared from the streets of Boston, but the warmth from concerned citizens continues to fill coffers, blood banks, and hearts across the country. Yet, more help is needed. For many victims injured during the tragic incident, the long, trying, and expensive journey toward recovery has just begun. They are losing wages, accumulating medical bills, and may eventually need to make their home wheelchair accessible or purchase prosthetic limbs, typically costing $20k-$50k.

Now, even in the midst of a personal crisis, you can do a little more to help the Boston bombing victims heal and rebuild their lives. Just visit www.sevacall.com and enter promo code “#4Boston” next to your name when completing a service request for one of Seva Call’s over 50 service categories. Not only will you save time and energy, getting connected to up to 3 vetted, local professionals who match your service and scheduling needs in seconds, but Seva Call will also donate $1 to One Fund Boston, a charity helping  the victims attain the medical care  they’ll need to take their lives back.

“I have loved ones there, so of course I feared for their safety when I heard news of the bombing. The worst for me is over now that I know they’re okay, but what about those for whom the struggle towards normalcy has only just begun?” explained Steve D’Adamo, Seva Call intern.

Now, anyone can do a little more for Boston — even in the midst of their busy schedules.  With Seva Call, every day heroes who need help from a local pro can raise money for One Fund Boston simply by using the promo code #4Boston when entering their free service request at www.sevacall.com this week. They can also spread the word and donate to make an even bigger impact in the lives of Boston’s victims. Seva Call is making it easier to take care of everything you care about- your home, pets, health, and now the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.