Updated UNOFFICIAL Memory Books for 2025-2026
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And here’s what you’ve been waiting for! I’m publishing the latest version of the UNOFFICIAL Memory Books for Membership Year 2025-2026. In case you’re wondering what these are, they are a (sort of) recreation of the Memory Books that GSUSA published a few years ago. The concept was nice, but the execution was a little lacking due to the way our national programming rolls out new content every year. These UNOFFICIAL memory books can be printed onto 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper and placed in a 3 ring binder so that pages can be added (or removed) as the leader or girl sees fit. You can read more about the concept on the original blog post. Note that these only provide badge requirement summaries. Requirements can be found in the badge booklets or VTK.
These new versions include the new body image badges released over the summer and the new Leadership Awards for Juniors through Ambassadors. I removed the badges that were quietly retired including My Best Self (Brownie), Staying Fit (Junior), Eating for You (Cadette), and Women’s Health (Senior). I also updated the design for the Cadette Animal Helpers badge. You can find the retired badges (along with previous years’) in a separate file that I’ve included below. In case you only want the new body image badges, I’ve pulled those out into their own file as well.
Here are the files. Let me know if you spot a mistake somewhere. If you want any other retired badges prior to 2021, I can try to track down those designs as well (for ones that were released after 2009).
Note: These are links to Dropbox PDF files. You do NOT need a Dropbox account to download them, and you don’t have to request access to them. Just click off the box and then a Download button should appear in the top right corner.
Full Memory Books:
Just the new body badges: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r2ekssb7qza57ebbfi88w/New-Badges-2025.pdf?rlkey=q1vjo6lehuaa9zto8etg8340v&dl=0
Retired or Former Design Badges:
Brownie Retired: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5yth8kosuylcjh9rbuc72/Brownie-Retired-Memory-Book-Pages.pdf?rlkey=pfal4xylbjfw6epw70emqz933&dl=0
Junior Retired: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rrl3jmtkfnl5y972uh727/Junior-Retired-Memory-Book-Pages.pdf?rlkey=bh35znpfsg721ovk6rqkwe2ry&dl=0
Cadette Retired: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gr3gndl8vi6tld42b8lmt/Cadette-Retired-Memory-Book-Pages.pdf?rlkey=kg0m2xxza26adep8ytbegkanc&dl=0
Senior Retired: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/faq2ysxj9hjh9qyo80o5q/Senior-Retired-Memory-Book-Pages.pdf?rlkey=eb6sd08b6hj8397g8q0ryo039&dl=0
Ambassador Retired: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/me23mxs9i49bprbql17ut/Ambassador-Retired-Memory-Book-Pages.pdf?rlkey=o8l9s6wweve4oxdj66kqjfedw&dl=0
They did this a few years ago. Not introduce badges girls want. They removed the Journeys but kept badges the same, for the most part. Do better! People will not be happy about this,especially after the cost of membership increasing.
It would be SO amazingly helpful if to have the retired badges (especially cadets!) back to 2009 included, with the year retired on each sheet. I have been having a nightmare trying to find them all. I have some old programming and I’m trying to figure out what changed each year, what’s still relevant, and we want to earn some retired badges. Thank you so much if you are able to do this!🤞
I’ll see what I can do! I was able to track down some previous versions of the Badge Explorer that include the retired badges.