Aquenono, a Venezuelan food truck in San Jose, has become a community staging point for earthquake relief: gloves, walkers, dog food, and more, collected by co-owner Melanie Portilla and headed for Oakland — then flown to Venezuela.

On Sunday, a Venezuelan food truck in San Jose became an informal staging point for earthquake relief. Melanie Portilla and her husband, co-owners of Aquenono, have been collecting donations since twin earthquakes killed at least 1,450 people in Venezuela and left roughly 69,000 families still unaccounted for.

Forty-five people have dropped off supplies so far — gloves, food, walkers, dog food. The range of what people bring reflects who's coming. Many of Aquenono's clients have loved ones in Venezuela they can't reach. "They can't get in contact with family. There's no news about their whereabouts of their family member and we hear many more stories like that from clients probably because their loved ones still have not been identified yet," Portilla told NBC Bay Area.

The goods will travel to Oakland next, then be flown to Venezuela. Portilla has her own stake in it: her brother-in-law is still there, coping with aftershocks and power outages.

Aquenono's drive is one of several Bay Area collection points active this week. Arepas Latin Cuisine, which runs restaurants in San Francisco and San Jose's Willow Glen, closes its donation window Monday, June 30. A separate Oakland location is also taking volunteer sorters.