Shaking her gray, fuzzy trunk, Ashby Stancill pulls up outside of Papa John’s and picks up another stack of pizza boxes.

“This is quite an experience,” said Stancill, a special education teacher at Elephant’s Fork Elementary School who was dressed up in an elephant’s head. “I think I will keep my day job.”

On Tuesday, Elephant’s Fork held a Papa John’s delivery night fundraiser. Twenty percent of the proceeds from 300 pizzas ordered through the school fundraising program, and 100 percent of tips on those orders, will go to the school’s PTA, said Papa John’s marketing representative Christina Pasterczyk.

Teachers, many dressed up in costumes, and a handful of volunteers from the Suffolk Sheriff’s Office delivered the piping hot pizzas earmarked for Elephant’s Fork customers. Other deputies stood outside Papa John’s, handing out coloring books and crayons to children who passed through the door.

Many of the cars pulling in to pick up more pizzas for delivery were decorated in Elephant’s Fork colors.

“It’s very hectic,” said Katie Jones, who works for the Suffolk Sheriff’s Office and has three grandchildren at Elephant’s Fork. “I just thought I would help out.”

One of those granddaughters, Makayla Jones, 10, rode with her grandmother.

“It’s been fun,” said guidance counselor LaToya McGlone, who was wearing a cape, as she picked up a load of pies. Her driver, academic advisor Cindy Devers, said students have been excited to see their teachers delivering pizza to their doorsteps.

“This helps bridge the gap between home and school for them,” Devers added.

Teachers formed teams and competed to see who was the most spirited delivery team. That team will get pizza for six months from Papa John’s. Also, teachers who had 65 percent or greater class participation for orders will win a VIP vacation to Massanutten.

Regina England, the PTA’s vice president, said the first $500 raised will reimburse the PTA fund for an emergency donation given to a teacher at the school whose mobile unit caught fire in December. The donation was intended to help him replace supplies and other things he personally had bought, England said.

The remaining money will help fund other needs of the school.

The exact amount raised was not yet known on Tuesday, but it will be announced soon.