The Malibu-based nonprofit Chiquita’s Friends, founded by Geraldine Gilliland (left), a longtime Malibu resident, chef and owner of two Santa Monica restaurants (Lula Cocina Mexicana and Finn McCool’s Irish Pub), as well as the Rancho Chiquita Estate; presented a check for $50,000 to Charlotte Meade (right), founder of the all-volunteer nonprofit Meade Canine Rescue. The star-studded fundraising event was held on July 9 at the ocean-view, 250-acre Rancho Chiquita Estate with “Evening Under the Corral Canyon Sky” as the theme.